Tag Archives: health care

We already have “death panels” — they’re called health insurance companies

By probabilityZero | August 18, 2009

So, the new talking point from the far-right is that Obama’s health care plan is a secret plot to kill your grandma (as seen on Fox News and Sarah Palin’s Facebook page). They claim that the bill will create “death panels” to decide whether elderly people are worthy of care or not.
There’s no truth to [...]

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Blog Action Day: Poverty in America

By probabilityZero | October 15, 2008

I was talking to a libertarian friend of mine after class a few days ago about health care and welfare. He was of the opinion that the government should not provide either, and upon further prodding he explained that he thought poor people didn’t deserve them. My friend, of course, “earned” the right to be [...]

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