Children being turned away from receiving cancer treatment because of shutdown

[Bjorn Against]

The Saddest Paragraph You'll Read About the Government Shutdown Today
With NIH furloughs, children with cancer are being turned away from clinical trials.
JORDAN WEISSMANNOCT 1 2013, 4:36 PM ET

You've heard about the Pandacam, the closed monuments and national parks, and the furloughed federal workers. But so far, nothing I've read about the government shutdown has been nearly as gut-wrenching as this tidbit from The Wall Street Journal:

At the National Institutes of Health, nearly three-quarters of the staff was furloughed. One result: director Francis Collins said about 200 patients who otherwise would be admitted to the NIH Clinical Center into clinical trials each week will be turned away. This includes about 30 children, most of them cancer patients, he said.

House Republicans have failed to stop Obamacare from going into effect so far, but sadly and ironically, their actions have prevented hundreds of people from getting healthcare from just one clinic.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/the-saddest-paragraph-youll-read-about-the-government-shutdown-today/280174/?fb_action_ids=10201164476807951&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210201164476807951%22%3A447229798728426%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210201164476807951%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

[Arkansas Granny]

1. These House Republicans should have to stand in the doorway and explain to these children

that they can't have lifesaving treatments because the GOP needs to use healthcare as an election issue next year. The people who are paying the consequences for the GOP actions are the ones who can least afford it.

[mucifer]

4. They have no souls. Nothing will sway their greed.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Republicans like to talk about Death Panels..

Now we know who is on the those Panels...

[postulater]

5. Yup.

^^^^

[lpbk2713]

3. Expect more finger pointing from the accountable-phobic rethuglicans.

They no doubt already have statements prepared placing all the blame on Obama and the Dems.