Just looking into my crystal ball here. \u00a0Sooner or later, the Marxists of the Obama administration are going to have to address the “Death Panel” aspect of ObamaCare. \u00a0We already see the body of the beast, in the 15-member Independent Panel Advisory Board (IPAB), which is supposed to rule on which medications and treatments are cost-effective for various patient conditions. \u00a0Unseen so far is the spirit, the animating argument that the IPAB will have to make in order to push granny off the wagon.<\/p>\n
As they are shoehorning their baby-killing habit into every nook and cranny of our society under the rubric of “fairness”, I predict that the much-discussed “end of life counseling” talking point will morph into a supposedly grass-roots “death with dignity”, Kevorkian style of argument.<\/p>\n
Personally, I’m not opposed to the idea on its own merits, as a matter of liberty, under certain circumstances. \u00a0I am aware that many people desire such a thing, and someday, I might be one of them. \u00a0So you could say I’m keeping my options open. \u00a0But context is everything, and death with dignity in the context of government decisions about the cost-effectiveness of medical care is terrifying. \u00a0Watch for the term or something an awful lot like it. \u00a0I can picture Nancy Pelosi’s horrific smiling face as she sickeningly coos to us that we should respect the rights of those who are in pain, alone, untreatable in any practical ($) sense, and who just want to have some say in the ultimate decision–and the government will help.<\/p>\n
What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n