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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
So, let me see if I've got this straight. We've moved from;
"Of course we won't let you die or ration your care, that's just evil! How could you even make such an accusation?! You're just a corporate shill spreading Sarah Palin's right-wing BushWorld lies!"
to
"Of course we'll let you die, these tough rationing decisions need making after all, and private ensurers already do it anyway! You're just blowing this out of proportion because you're afraid of death!"
Do you begin to see why Mr. Obama and his Congress have something of a credibility problem?
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No one has ever said that rationing decisions did not need to be made. From the start everyone who is not brain dead has known this obvious fact. The Palin et al lies are that there would be a death panel, a group of people deciding arbitrarily who gets care.
From the start the idea of a public option was that it would have clearly stated standards of what it would cover and what it wouldn't. And from the start people would be allowed to buy supplemental insurance if they wanted a higher level of care. The goal from the start was never to eliminate rationing, as that would involve having unlimited resources, but to have health care with lower overhead and less of an incentive to delay or deny treatment.