Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm's brother, fights death panel health care smears
Heh. I suppose the Left’s smears are America’s truth-telling. Here is what’s being written:
WASHINGTON -- Ezekiel Emanuel is a noted oncologist, bioethicist, older brother of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, an Obama administration health policy adviser -- and the target of smears by Sarah Palin and other critics of Democratic health care legislation. He's now fighting back.
Emanuel is no "Dr. Death," though he has published a lot on end-of-life issues. He is an opponent of legalizing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
Contrary to the article, no one is accusing him of advocating pulling the plug on the very young or the old.
Ezekiel Emanuel is the brother of Obama chief-of-staff, Rahm (can you spell cronyism?).
His protestations should be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism. His record is clear: He is the author of an article published in The Lancet, explaining how healthcare should be rationed amongst the population in the event of a national emergency (e.g., a Federal budget shortfall?).
My take on Dr. Emanuel’s proposal is this: The lives of the very young and of the elderly would not be considered valuable enough to have public funds expended on them. Euthanasia is not a part of the plan.
Instead, the government-run healthcare system would simply deny these people benefits leaving you on your own. Indeed, the President, at a recent town hall, in effect said the same: If my grandmother was in need I would pay out of my own pocket.
This is a very noble sentiment and I am sure most of us would do the same.
But, more to the point, after paying into a system for all our working lives, can we accept that unelected persons will be deciding who will get benefits and who won’t? Especially if the likes of Dr. Zeke has a hand in it?
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