My Daily Domestic Diigolet 05/14/2009

• Glenn Beck – Current Events & Politics – Universal Health and Old peopleAs someone about to have a milestone birthday, and with an elderly mother receiving the health care she deserves after years of public service, I find this to be scary stuff. Is this really what ya’ll had in mind when you voted for this guy?tags: health, care, Obama, areyousorryyet?
  • Because of the cost benefit analysis. At the Senate finance committee hearings on healthcare reform, Professor Stuart Altman of Brandeis University said that resources get wasted in the American healthcare system. Wasted. Well, what does that mean?
  • He means that it gets wasted specifically in one segment of the population. Old people, if you think I’m hyping it, his tonight to his words himself. Here’s the audio record
  • Voice: Remember, our population is aging and at the very, very elderly, the costs go down so that percentage should be falling and it’s not. Second, the cost of care is growing by so much so at the same percentage it’s worth a lot more. So let’s go back to the issue of comparative effectiveness which we’re supporting. That’s where that can have a big impact. It’s not the only place. But that’s where the waste is. That’s where people are using technologies that really either don’t work at all or keep people alive for very limited and very high costs. Hospice is one option, but we do need to take account of the?? you know, I hate to say it, the cost benefit of some of the things we do and either we can do it directly or we can do it by bundling payments and let the delivery system deal with it. So it’s a combination of the delivery system dealing with it or?? and/or you providing more information for people that make the right decisions, both for themselves and for their care.
  • Glenn: Do you understand what he just said?

    What he said?? this should terrify people. He’s saying you can either let the delivery system do it, in other words, the healthcare system can just say, yeah, you’re not going to get that. You’re too old. You’re a drain on society. I’m sorry, no kidney dialysis for people over 70. What is it in the UK?

    60. Some the things they cut off once you outlived your usefulness.

    This is Nazi Germany stuff.

  • This is the kind of stuff that is progressive in its nature. It is eugenics. It is survival of the fittist. It is the reason why the abortion argument makes so much difference. You can’t devalue life at either end because these people are waiting to swoop in and say it’s just not worth doing these things. Don’t waste the money on old people. They’re not going to live long anyway. Spend it on someone who meets the requirements of our cost benefit analysis. So old people, thanks for all the contributions you made to society during your better years but now we’re sorry to say it’s time to send you to a better place, heaven.
• DiCaprio and Winslet help the last Titanic survivorStars and director of Titanic help the Titanic’s last survivor with her nursing home costs. tags: current, events, history
• The Charleston Gazette – West Virginia News and Sports – News – Mingo mother fights to get daughter in school without shots  tags: no_tag
  • West Virginia and Mississippi are two states that allow only a medical exemption to immunization. Unlike most states, West Virginia does not allow religious or philosophical exemptions.
• West Virginia Mom Seeks Immunization Exemption for Daughter – Children’s Health – FOXNews.comThis is one to watch. It seems it is essentially the position of West Virginia Department of Health that every school child has to be immunized – or else!tags: catholic, health

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