Sunday, August 30, 2009
War Room Alynsky Media Judged Guilty of Malpractice
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Decepticon’s Alynsky War Room
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http://www.resistnet.com/profile/JerryStokes
http://www.resistnet.com/profile/JerryStokes#chatter-2600775:Comment:1423647
http://www.resistnet.com/group/oregon
http://whoseatingyourlunch.blogspot.com/
http://defcon1jihad3.blogspot.com/
http://getstokedfightingcrime.blogspot.com/
http://thejeffstokesmilitaryblog.blogspot.com/
http://lifelibertypursuithappiness-getstoked.blogspot.com/
http://rebeltotyrantobediencegod.blogspot.com/
http://letthemeatcake-getstoked.blogspot.com/
http://isbarackhusseinobamaanti-christ.blogspot.com/
http://goodmoringamericahowareyou.blogspot.com/
http://www.twibes.com/group/SarahPalinWebBrigade
Conservative Blogs
http://www.heritage.org/
http://blog.heritage.org/
http://blatherings.blog.com/
http://www.thefoxnation.com/
http://www.mediamalpracticemovie.com/
http://hannity.blogs.foxnews.com/
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=2284
http://www.marklevinshow.com/
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Oregon Offers Terminal Patients Doctor-Assisted Suicide Instead of Medical Care
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,392962,00.html
Date: July 28, 2008
By Dan Springer
This is part of the America's Future series airing on FOX News Channel, looking at the challenges facing the country in the 21st century.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Some terminally ill patients in Oregon who turned to their state for health care were denied treatment and offered doctor-assisted suicide instead, a proposal some experts have called a "chilling" corruption of medical ethics.
Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup's request with a letter saying the state would not cover Stroup's pricey treatment, but would pay for the cost of physician-assisted suicide.
"It dropped my chin to the floor," Stroup told FOX News. "[How could they] not pay for medication that would help my life, and yet offer to pay to end my life?"
The letter, which has been sent to other terminal patients throughout Oregon, follows guidelines established by the state legislature.
Oregon doesn't cover life-prolonging treatment unless there is better than a 5 percent chance it will help the patients live for five more years — but it covers doctor-assisted suicide, defining it as a means of providing comfort, no different from hospice care or pain medication.
"It's chilling when you think about it," said Dr. William Toffler, a professor of family medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. "It absolutely conveys to the patient that continued living isn't worthwhile."
In issuing their latest Prioritized List of Health Services, state officials reported a new emphasis on preventive care and cost effectiveness. Dr. John Sattenspiel, LIPA's senior medical director, defended the measures.
"I have had patients who would consider knowing that this is part of that range of comfort care or palliative care services that are still available to them, they would be comforted by that," Sattenspiel said. "It really depends on the individual patient."
Toffler called it a callous practice that went against medical convention. "It corrupts the consistent medical ethic that has been in place for 2,000 years," he said. "It's absolutely breathtaking."
Oregon is the only state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide, which came into effect in 1997. Since that time, there have been 341 reported cases where doctors provided lethal doses of medicine to patients to end their lives.
Oregon voters have upheld the "Death with Dignity" law three times, and Sattenspiel says it is the state's duty to inform patients of all their legal options.
For Stroup, however, suicide was never an option. He fought back, and the Oregon Health Plan eventually reversed its decision and is now paying for his chemotherapy, giving him hope he'll be around a little longer for his 80-year-old mother and five grandchildren.
Get Stoked Google docs: Is this what Randy Stroup envisioned when he voted for this progressive new sounding plan?
Life and Human Dignity Jerry Stokes 2009
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0jE9taMWseFODA0NjNhYjYtY2VkNi00MDA4LWI2YjktNjhmMTBhOWU0YmM3&hl=en
Law of Unintended Consequences
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.4e1e6bac-2f8f-4195-b95a-665df4725fb3&hl=en
Date: July 28, 2008
By Dan Springer
This is part of the America's Future series airing on FOX News Channel, looking at the challenges facing the country in the 21st century.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Some terminally ill patients in Oregon who turned to their state for health care were denied treatment and offered doctor-assisted suicide instead, a proposal some experts have called a "chilling" corruption of medical ethics.
Since the spread of his prostate cancer, 53-year-old Randy Stroup of Dexter, Ore., has been in a fight for his life. Uninsured and unable to pay for expensive chemotherapy, he applied to Oregon's state-run health plan for help.
Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup's request with a letter saying the state would not cover Stroup's pricey treatment, but would pay for the cost of physician-assisted suicide.
"It dropped my chin to the floor," Stroup told FOX News. "[How could they] not pay for medication that would help my life, and yet offer to pay to end my life?"
The letter, which has been sent to other terminal patients throughout Oregon, follows guidelines established by the state legislature.
Oregon doesn't cover life-prolonging treatment unless there is better than a 5 percent chance it will help the patients live for five more years — but it covers doctor-assisted suicide, defining it as a means of providing comfort, no different from hospice care or pain medication.
"It's chilling when you think about it," said Dr. William Toffler, a professor of family medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. "It absolutely conveys to the patient that continued living isn't worthwhile."
In issuing their latest Prioritized List of Health Services, state officials reported a new emphasis on preventive care and cost effectiveness. Dr. John Sattenspiel, LIPA's senior medical director, defended the measures.
"I have had patients who would consider knowing that this is part of that range of comfort care or palliative care services that are still available to them, they would be comforted by that," Sattenspiel said. "It really depends on the individual patient."
Toffler called it a callous practice that went against medical convention. "It corrupts the consistent medical ethic that has been in place for 2,000 years," he said. "It's absolutely breathtaking."
Oregon is the only state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide, which came into effect in 1997. Since that time, there have been 341 reported cases where doctors provided lethal doses of medicine to patients to end their lives.
Oregon voters have upheld the "Death with Dignity" law three times, and Sattenspiel says it is the state's duty to inform patients of all their legal options.
For Stroup, however, suicide was never an option. He fought back, and the Oregon Health Plan eventually reversed its decision and is now paying for his chemotherapy, giving him hope he'll be around a little longer for his 80-year-old mother and five grandchildren.
Get Stoked Google docs: Is this what Randy Stroup envisioned when he voted for this progressive new sounding plan?
Life and Human Dignity Jerry Stokes 2009
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0jE9taMWseFODA0NjNhYjYtY2VkNi00MDA4LWI2YjktNjhmMTBhOWU0YmM3&hl=en
Law of Unintended Consequences
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.4e1e6bac-2f8f-4195-b95a-665df4725fb3&hl=en
"I Don't Want to Die" Barbara Wagner's Story
Source: http://www.resistnet.com/profiles/blogs/im-not-ready-to-die#
Date: Aug 12, 2009
Is Rationed Health Care Safe?
A Springfield woman's doctor hoped a new chemotherapy drug would help her but the Oregon Health Plan told her the treatment was not approved. Instead, the state would pay for assisted suicide. "I'm not ready, I'm not ready to die," the Springfield woman said.
I HAVE LIVED IN OREGON MOST OF MY LIFE BUT I WAS NEVER SO ASHAMED TO BE A PART OF THIS STATE THEN WHEN ASSISTED SUICIDE BECAME LAW!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF OBAMAS' HEALTH "CARE" PLAN BECOMES LAW!!!
Date: Aug 12, 2009
Is Rationed Health Care Safe?
A Springfield woman's doctor hoped a new chemotherapy drug would help her but the Oregon Health Plan told her the treatment was not approved. Instead, the state would pay for assisted suicide. "I'm not ready, I'm not ready to die," the Springfield woman said.
I HAVE LIVED IN OREGON MOST OF MY LIFE BUT I WAS NEVER SO ASHAMED TO BE A PART OF THIS STATE THEN WHEN ASSISTED SUICIDE BECAME LAW!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF OBAMAS' HEALTH "CARE" PLAN BECOMES LAW!!!
Video Source; http://www.katu.com/news/26119539.html?video=YHI&t=a
State officials have offered a lung cancer patient the option of having the Oregon Health Plan, set up in 1994 to ration health care, pay for an assisted suicide but not for the chemotherapy prescribed by her physician.
The story appears to be a happy ending for Barbara Wagner, who has been notified by a drug manufacturer that it will provide the expensive medication, estimated to cost $4,000 a month, for the first year and then allow her to apply for further treatment, according to a report in the Eugene Register-Guard.
Ref: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67565
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