re: #405 Charles

Charles - is there any chance you would be willing to accept the fact that there are separate issues regarding Palin’s “death panels” posting? Perhaps by going back to the actual Facebook post text…

It fairly clear in hindsight that she wanted to point out the fact that this medicare-on-steroids proposal will require rationing, and that somewhere, someone will have to make decisions about what is covered and what isnt?

Palin even attempted to clear this up in a later Facebook post about this remarking that “end of life counseling” was NOT what she intended to attack.

I’m entirely with you and many other rational conservatives that believe we SHOULD have end of life counseling to provide succor to those who are dying instead of leaving them without palliative care when they need to know their options. There is absolutely no reason this cannot be reconciled with the fact that rationing must occur under ObamaCare, just as we must all recognize that rationing occurs today, its merely disguised as discrimination between those who are employed and those who are not (ie who has a heath care plan that will pay for experimental Chemo etc.)

While I want end of life counseling, I dont want the US government, or any designated panel of doctors, rationing my healthcare dollars by first taking them from me by force (tax) and then reapportioning them back to me (minus a fee of course) “for your own good”.