No Such Thing As Death Panels Removed From Senate Version
by William Teach | August 13, 2009 5:37 pm
The Hill[1] Is reporting
The Senate Finance Committee will drop a controversial provision on consultations for end-of-life care from its proposed healthcare bill, its top Republican member said Thursday.
The committee, which has worked on putting together a bipartisan healthcare reform bill, will drop the controversial provision after it was derided by conservatives as “death panels” to encourage euthanasia.
“On the Finance Committee, we are working very hard to avoid unintended consequences by methodically working through the complexities of all of these issues and policy options,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a statement. “We dropped end-of-life provisions from consideration entirely because of the way they could be misinterpreted and implemented incorrectly.”
I don’t want anyone to get too excited about this, since what everyone has been really talking about are the provisions in the HOUSE legislation, particularly section 1233 of HR 3200.
Others: The Note[2], Michelle Malkin[3], Atlas Shrugs[4], Weasel Zippers[5], Freedom’s Lighthouse[6], Hot Air[7], Little Green Footballs[8] (unhinged Palin Derangemt Syndrome in view), The Political Carnival[9] and Below The Beltway[10] (doesn’t get it, and a little PDS, as well.)
Also, Harry Reid thinks you protesters are “evil-mongers.” Hmm, since this is being cross-posted at 3 sites…..
Pirate’s Cove
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Right Wing News
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Stop The ACLU’s front page was so big that it couldn’t be rated, so, we’ll just go with 100% evil, OK?
- The Hill: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/finance-committee-to-drop-end-of-life-provision-2009-08-13.html
- The Note: http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/08/grassley-says-bipartisan-bill-would-scrap-endoflife-counseling-thumbs-down-on-house-bill.html
- Michelle Malkin: http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/13/breaking-finance-committee-to-drop-end-of-life-provision/
- Atlas Shrugs: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/08/palin-wins-death-panelsend-of-life-provision-to-go.html
- Weasel Zippers: http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/08/you-know-those-death-panel-provisions-palin-was-ridiculed-for-writing-about-well-the-senate-finance-.html
- Freedom’s Lighthouse: http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/08/sen-charles-grassley-tells-town-hall.html
- Hot Air: http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/13/breaking-finance-committee-drops-death-panel-provisions-from-senate-bill/
- Little Green Footballs: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/34439_Palin-_Senior_Citizens_Will_Be_Pressured_to_Die
- The Political Carnival: http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/08/finance-committee-to-drop-end-of-life.html
- Below The Beltway: http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/08/13/senate-panel-to-drop-end-of-life-counseling-provisions-in-obamacare/
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