Comments on: EMTALA A GOOD LAW? YOU’RE JOKING, RIGHT? http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/11/emtala-a-good-law-youre-joking-right/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:31:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: BobMan http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/11/emtala-a-good-law-youre-joking-right/#comment-59394 BobMan Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:56:43 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/11/emtala-a-good-law-youre-joking-right/#comment-59394 From atimes.com, March 13, 2008: Bad oil news here to stay By Michael T Klare ... "What, then, will be the lasting consequences of higher energy costs? For the ordinary American consumer the answer is simple, if grim: A diminished quality of life, as discretionary expenses disappear in the face of higher costs for transportation, home heating, and electricity, not to speak of basics like food (for which, from fertilizers to packaging, oil is a necessity). For the poor and elderly, the implications are dire: In some cases, it will undoubtedly mean choosing among heat in winter, adequate nutrition, and medicine." ... The short answer is: yes the poor and elderly will be sacrificed for "the common good." The UK is already doing informal medical rationing using age as a key criteria. See covertrationingblog.com for details. Somebody is going to lose in the medical system of the near future. Only questions are: Who? and Who Decides? From atimes.com, March 13, 2008:

Bad oil news here to stay
By Michael T Klare
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“What, then, will be the lasting consequences of higher energy costs? For the ordinary American consumer the answer is simple, if grim: A diminished quality of life, as discretionary expenses disappear in the face of higher costs for transportation, home heating, and electricity, not to speak of basics like food (for which, from fertilizers to packaging, oil is a necessity). For the poor and elderly, the implications are dire: In some cases, it will undoubtedly mean choosing among heat in winter, adequate nutrition, and medicine.”
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The short answer is: yes the poor and elderly will be sacrificed for “the common good.” The UK is already doing informal medical rationing using age as a key criteria.
See covertrationingblog.com for details.

Somebody is going to lose in the medical system of the near future. Only questions are: Who? and Who Decides?

]]> By: Graham http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/11/emtala-a-good-law-youre-joking-right/#comment-59087 Graham Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:51:21 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/11/emtala-a-good-law-youre-joking-right/#comment-59087 Everyone is already being robbed by higher prices to pay for unreimbursed care. Are you suggesting we just repeal EMTALA and let the poor and uninsured die of emergencies? Everyone is already being robbed by higher prices to pay for unreimbursed care. Are you suggesting we just repeal EMTALA and let the poor and uninsured die of emergencies?

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