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Greenbeard

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Unbelievably, it's 2017 and the GOP is still pushing its death panel fantasies. But apparently at this point their constituents have had it with the lies and deflections.

This video from a recent recent town hall in Florida is hilarious.

 
Greenbeard said:
Unbelievably, it's 2017 and the GOP is still pushing its death panel fantasies. But apparently at this point their constituents have had it with the lies and deflections.

This video from a recent recent town hall in Florida is hilarious.

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I saw that on Fox this morning. How absolutely ridiculous. I'm not sure what they are referring to that they've decided to call Death Panels, but the idea there is such a thing is ludicrous. As a Republican myself, I am ashamed of them.

Edit... having said that, I'm guessing this comes from medical protocols within insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare. They all have them.

If a person is not benefiting from treatment, Medicare may ask the doctor to justify why it's being done. If the Medicare powers that be, for example, think there is no benefit? They will decline payment. Many people don't realize this goes on in the background with serious diseases, but it most certainly does.
 
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Greenbeard said:
Unbelievably, it's 2017 and the GOP is still pushing its death panel fantasies. But apparently at this point their constituents have had it with the lies and deflections.

This video from a recent recent town hall in Florida is hilarious.

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I work with medicare affiliated products and I knew the "death panel" conversation was ridiculous then. The fact that it's still being pushed is kinda remarkably tone deaf. Will he next be claiming that the world is flat?
 
Greenbeard said:
Unbelievably, it's 2017 and the GOP is still pushing its death panel fantasies. But apparently at this point their constituents have had it with the lies and deflections.

This video from a recent recent town hall in Florida is hilarious.

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"Death Panels"? That is propagandistic terminology and only useful, if one wants to emotionalize in order to catch people that don't think the problem through. The term is a legitimate tool for catching fools, but it is a false argument.
 
MaggieD said:
I saw that on Fox this morning. How absolutely ridiculous. I'm not sure what they are referring to that they've decided to call Death Panels, but the idea there is such a thing is ludicrous. As a Republican myself, I am ashamed of them.

Edit... having said that, I'm guessing this comes from medical protocols within insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare. They all have them.

If a person is not benefiting from treatment, Medicare may ask the doctor to justify why it's being done. If the Medicare powers that be, for example, think there is no benefit? They will decline payment. Many people don't realize this goes on in the background with serious diseases, but it most certainly does.
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I think what Maggie says is true. Ins. companies have always weighed cost vs. benefit, particularly with those who are near or past their life expectancy, or are near term terminally ill.
 
I'm just curious where he got the arbitrary 74 from. It really makes it sound like you believe it when you make up those kinds of details to support the overall lie!
 
JumpinJack said:
I think what Maggie says is true. Ins. companies have always weighed cost vs. benefit, particularly with those who are near or past their life expectancy, or are near term terminally ill.
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I agree. The lie/misinformation is saying that it was something that originated with the ACA.
 
Trump will abolish Obama's death panels and replace them with his own. In this way, he will abolish liberals once and for all by killing them all. After all, they have a mental disorder.



(Am I doing this right?)
 
Medicare has always looked at whether a medical procedure is necessary. I worked with Medicare as far back as 1972 and it has always been this way. Why should we use Medicare funds for unnecessary procedures or tests. Waste of money.
 
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