Sunday, August 09, 2009

George aWol Bush, Terry Schiavo and "Death Panels"

And if anybody is worried about government intervention into private healthcare choices, just remember Terry Schiavo. She didn't have a living will or advanced directives so Congress pushed their noses into a family matter, and President Bush got up in the middle of the night to fly to DC in jammies so he could sign a bill allowing the Federal government to intrude.

I know nobody wants to read a 1000-page bill, but just go to Thomas and look for Section 1233 in HR3200. You'll find there's no death panels, nothing mandatory and even no mention of "euthanasia." The bill adds information to the Medicare handbook. Information that all families should have.

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