re: #184 JarHeadLifer

Sure, I’ll stipulate to everything you’ve described. The problem is you’re not explaining why it would be better for a government bureaucracy to make these decisions, rather than an independent and private insurance company or hospital board.

And, Palin didn’t ask for anything to be removed. She was criticize the foundational premise of Obamacare. It was Democrats and their friends in BigMedia that mischaracterized her comments as something critical of “end of life counseling”. Those words aren’t found anywhere in Palin’s original statement.

I think I should explain my position here, to help clarify where I’m coming from. I am against this bill. I don’t want our government anywhere near health care.

End of Life counseling is a standard and nescessary thing in almost all health insurance policies today, as is respite care, hospice care, and family grief counseling. The congress folk who wrote this bill, lazy people that they are, simply took the language from an existing policy somewhere, (my guess is Assurant,) and copied it word for word into their bill. I realize this, not because I am smart, but because I am in the business. My problem with Sara Palin, is that the dynamic of the argument was changed. The debate had been about facts, and whether or not beaurocrats would be making decisions regarding acute health care instead of patients and doctors. The very real issue of rationing and choice became an emotional appeal based on a falsehood. While this has garnered a short term victory, if Gives a very unprincipled President plenty of new Strawmen to knock down.

That is my problem with Palin’s comments.