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Originally Posted by OntarioVanMan

There is nothing wrong with long term planning on a long hospitalization stay and care in forward years....to make sure of the best care of the patient and the best use of equipment and staff.....as not to waste resources.....when they know at the time excluding the unexpected that the patient will be an ongoing concern.....it is something that can't be ignored and should be planned for....

BTW..i agree...get the government out....

Long term planning you say?? What do you suppose happened to this woman's plans??

SALEM, Oregon, June 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Lung cancer patient, Barbara Wagner, was recently notified that her oncologist-prescribed medication that would slow the growth of cancer would not be covered by the Oregon Health Plan; the plan, however, she was informed, would cover doctor-assisted suicide should she wish to kill herself.
"Treatment of advanced cancer that is meant to prolong life, or change the course of this disease, is not a covered benefit of the Oregon Health Plan," read the letter notifying Wagner of the health plan's decision. Oregon, not a foreign country....right here in the good old USA....



Dr. Walter Shaffer, medical director of the state Division of Medical Assistance Programs, which administers the Oregon Health Plan, attempted to defend the health plan's decision. "We can't cover everything for everyone," he said. "We try to come up with polices that provide the most good for the most people."........SOUND FAMILIAR???


"We have been warning for years that this was a possibility in Oregon. Medicaid is rationed, meaning that some treatments are not covered. But assisted suicide is always covered. And now, Barbara Wagner was faced with that very scenario."

Full story HERE

You can't read that and tell me that something like this will not happen when all of the experts are saying that one of the ways to attempt to pay for this monstrosity is to RATION......

I don't know about you but I don't happen to think that ANYONE deserves to be treated this way.....