Dollars & Sense: Private Death Panels

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Private Death Panels
by Dollars and Sense


Doug Henwood posted this on LBO Talk. Here's a tidbit: "Kaiser Permanente, which denied 28 percent of all claims (in California) in the first half of 2009, was one of two systems to reject options for radiation and chemotherapy for 57-year-old Bob Scott of Sacramento after his diagnosis of a brain tumor in 2005. The reason cited was his age, says wife Cheryl Scott, RN. "He had been in perfect health all of his life. This was his first problem other than a sprained ankle. He died six months later."

Also, MRZine has this on the lobbying campaign surrounding health care "reform."

Finally, for what little it's worth, here's Huffington Post on what Obama will say in his healthcare address.



http://www.dollarsandsense.org/blog/2009/09/private-death-panels.html