My wife said she read where Tom Daschle, Obama's flawed and rejected choice for implementing his national health care system, advocated a program that would put the elderly at the back of the bus for health care with a formula that would treat younger patients first and base treatment on a formula that calculated life expectancy and potential productive years.

Wow....that's callous and cruel in so many ways.

Could this be a harbinger of Obama's change?

This is what Daschele said and I have included the source and Stimulus reference in the link provided so Tony doesn't put me in jail.

Elderly Hardest Hit

"Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.

Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464). "

"The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis"


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aLzfDxfbwhzs

So....we old folk should just accept, disease, debilitation and let death take its course without a fight or treatment so others defined by Obama and his cohorts can get treatment. I wonder who would be at the top of his socially or should I say politically engineered list......pause for reflection. Is it just me at 68 that is offended?

Hmmmm......I would have liked to put more thought into this post but, I have a 9:30 tee time. Please excuse typos, I'm running late. I would be interested in your thoughts after the 19th hole.