PALIN OVER THE EDGE

Sarah Palin's statement on her FaceBook page on Friday, Aug. 7th mirrors the absolute ignorance of many of the recent protesters at the Townhall meetings.
From MSNBC :

"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care," the former Republican vice presidential candidate wrote. "Such a system is downright evil," Palin wrote.

The allegation appears to be based on a provision of the House bill that would require Medicare to PAY for end-of-life counseling sessions, on a VOLUNTARY basis, for beneficiaries who WANT the service. Medicare already covers hospice care. And legislation passed by Congress in 1990 requires that patients be asked if they have a living will.

Read the entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32340009/ns/politics-white_house

Also watch this video to further scare yourself :
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32337676#32337676

For a complete reading of the counseling provisions in the bill, the infamous page 425, see :
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/07/27/health-care-bill-page-425-the-truth.htm


My discourse is this :
None of the versions of the Healthcare Reform bills say anything about standing in front of a bureaucratic panel of ANY KIND FOR ANY REASON, let alone an Obama 'DEATH PANEL'.
The absurdity of such a statement is beyond belief and fortifies the sense that Palin has no credibility as a leader of reasonable people. (She is apparently still a leader of unreasonable people). If nothing else, her statement shows that she has not read any of the versions of the bill. If she has, she apparently is unable to understand what she has read. Next thing you know she also will insist that the Government keep their G-D hands off of her parents Medicare.

That's the truth, look it up.
Ed