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Oh man. They were right! Politicians do get between you and you're doctor! And there was a "Death Panel"! Oh look...it's an all Republican death panel in heartless government who said "Sorry Pal, we're going to have to wheel you off that operating table, no liver transplant for you. Oh, you're going to die? Oh well..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/0…
"Francisco, a 32-year-old truck driver with four kids, was denied a liver transplant because the Arizona Legislature had yanked funds for it out of a state Medicaid program.
As Marc Lacey reported in The Times this week, Francisco had been prepped for surgery after a friend whose wife was dying asked that he be given her liver.
“It was good news when we heard the liver matched,” Flor said. “The doctor said: ‘Everything’s going well. We’re going to proceed with the surgery.’ ”
But Francisco, who has hepatitis C, had lost his health insurance when he had to stop working and had gotten coverage under the state Medicaid program. And Gov. Jan Brewer had signed a law eliminating Medicaid coverage of certain kinds of transplants as a cost-cutting measure. Flor said the next words she got from the doctor were: “You need to bring $200,000 as a deposit for the hospital.”
Francisco was summarily discharged. The Arizona state government, which is totally controlled by Republicans, got between him and his doctor."
So once again, Death Panels are totally cool, As Long As Your A Republican. If you're a Republican you're a Serious Person Who Makes The Tough Choices, But Life Ain't A Bowl Of Cherries Kid.
If you're a liberal? it just means your a godless communist hippie who hates America.
One is also a fucking hypocrite and the other is not.
- Bring $200,000 as a deposit. Like it's a fucking drug deal.kgvs72
- ha they would have told insurance company would have paid 400k deposit
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