Comments on: Obama Targets End-of-Life Care: Critics Say Lives are at Stake http://healthblog.ncpa.org/obama-targets-end-of-life-care-critics-say-lives-are-at-stake/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/obama-targets-end-of-life-care-critics-say-lives-are-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-51119 Ken Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:57:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7934#comment-51119 Hey, artk. What's wrong with patients and their families making decisions about their own health care, using dollars they own and control? I can't believe you would want some bureaucrat in some distant city making a decision on when to pull the plug on you. Hey, artk. What’s wrong with patients and their families making decisions about their own health care, using dollars they own and control? I can’t believe you would want some bureaucrat in some distant city making a decision on when to pull the plug on you.

]]> By: artk http://healthblog.ncpa.org/obama-targets-end-of-life-care-critics-say-lives-are-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-51097 artk Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7934#comment-51097 I keep on hearing these Nazi comments by a segment of the public that opposes the health care reform bill. I would make the following comments. First, there are still living holocaust survivors. I dare you to tell them how you think the health care reform effort is the same as the Nazi death camps. Why this line of argument is even acceptable is beyond belief. Second, the issue of heroic efforts for very ill and often terminally ill patients is a serious issue. All reasonable people understand this. Studying outcomes so that doctors can make an informed decision is how modern medicine distinguishes itself from medieval bloodletting. The reality is that this society doesn’t have unlimited resources for medical care. Wasting money on useless end of life care takes those resources away from those who will benefit from medical care. We need to know more about when heroic measures actually extend life and when they just induce more suffering without any benefit. You should welcome more studies in this area. I keep on hearing these Nazi comments by a segment of the public that opposes the health care reform bill. I would make the following comments. First, there are still living holocaust survivors. I dare you to tell them how you think the health care reform effort is the same as the Nazi death camps. Why this line of argument is even acceptable is beyond belief.

Second, the issue of heroic efforts for very ill and often terminally ill patients is a serious issue. All reasonable people understand this. Studying outcomes so that doctors can make an informed decision is how modern medicine distinguishes itself from medieval bloodletting. The reality is that this society doesn’t have unlimited resources for medical care. Wasting money on useless end of life care takes those resources away from those who will benefit from medical care. We need to know more about when heroic measures actually extend life and when they just induce more suffering without any benefit. You should welcome more studies in this area.

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/obama-targets-end-of-life-care-critics-say-lives-are-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-51096 Larry C. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:44:39 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7934#comment-51096 Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!

]]> By: Neil H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/obama-targets-end-of-life-care-critics-say-lives-are-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-51094 Neil H. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:21:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=7934#comment-51094 I hear the jackboots coming. I hear the jackboots coming.

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