Anti-Choice Extremists Mislead On End-Of-Life Conversation Provision in Health Care Reform
As the health care reform debate heats up in Washington and around the country, opponents of end-of-life choice have launched a misinformation campaign to undermine a key provision of health care reform.
Compassion & Choices has worked tirelessly with supportive members of congress to include in proposed reform legislation a provision requiring Medicare to cover patient consultation with their doctors about end-of-life choice (section 1233 of House Bill 3200).
Anti-choice extremists and their allies in Congress have begun attacking this critical provision, saying it will “promote euthanasia” and that it’s part of a cynical plan to deny health care to the elderly and terminally ill.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) sets the record straight today at Huffington Post:
GOP leadership has been gravely distorting the truth and misrepresenting the facts about this bipartisan effort, and in the process throwing members of their own party under the bus — those who have reached across the aisle to do something that will help Americans across the nation.
The bill simply provides people with better care as they grapple with the hardest health care issue of all — their final chapter of life. See the Myths vs. Facts sheet on this. CNN reporter Elizabeth Landau does a great job highlighting the benefits of “doctors and family members having more conversations about end-of-life issues,” which my bill addresses.
This bill has bipartisan support (the main cosponsor is a Republican doctor) as well as support from a diverse coalition like AARP, the American College of Physicians, and Catholic health systems. It is an area where — no matter from a red or blue state — many have been able to bridge the divide.
Over at Media Matters for America, they’ve debunked the misleading talk and laid out the facts in an easy to read format. Read the Media Matters piece here.
[...] & Choices coming out defending the questionable rationing portions of the bill and admitting THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THE LANGUAGE! Compassion & Choices has worked tirelessly with supportive members of congress to include in [...]
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[...] health reform bill, C and C claims to have helped write the controversial provisions in question. From its blog: Compassion & Choices has worked tirelessly with supportive members of congress to include in [...]
Pingback by Secondhand Smoke — A First Things Blog — August 14, 2009 @ 11:14 pm
“Compassion and Choices,” who is your leader? Reincarnated Jim Jones? You people and you love and fasination with death is spooky. Why is C&C so enslaved by the culture of death. Death is not dignified nor is it ambiguous. Your bowles empty and you start to rot.
My feelings towards your belief in death with dignity would raise considerable if you and your cohorts would just do one thing. I ask all C&C disciples to join that exclusive club you are so anxious for others to become a member of. By the act of “self dertimined dying” you can strike a blow against life and prove to the world just how much you all love death and how much it means to you.
Thank you for your time. I will be looking forward to the news of your death. Lead on.
Comment by John Ammons — August 15, 2009 @ 8:09 am
[...] Compassion and Choices also condemned criticism of the bill. [...]
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[...] Compassion and Choices also condemned criticism of the bill. [...]
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[...] Hand Smoke, Wesley Smith picks up an interesting trail: the organization Compassion and Choices was deeply involved in helping to craft this section of HR [...]
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[...] veracity of it, just feast your doubting eyeballs on this little tidbit, which is reported on the Compassion & Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society) web [...]
Pingback by SA Spoonful of Sugar isn’t Enough | Catholic Exchange — August 20, 2009 @ 9:01 pm
End of Life Choices, something we all will face at one time of another, if it be a parent, child, loved one or even yourself. It is a hard subject to bring up in most real cases when it effects home. There are many things to know and do Before, During and After the loss of a loved one. Each individual should have the right to know their options.
A helpful guide to Heath Care Reform, Advance Directive, Home Care Providers and End Of Life Choices can be found in Author Deb Waterman’s book “Before(I Die), During (the Process) and After (You’re Gone).
Comment by Deb Waterman — November 15, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
[...] from the Obama administration, I do believe there is cause for serious concern. For example, Compassion and Choices (the name of the pro-euthanasia Hemlock Society after its merger with another “right to [...]
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I believe doctors can talk to their patients at any time about end of life so why is it so important for C & C to make sure this is in the bill. This organization is pro euthanasia which they support in every state and are funded in large part by George Soros. Obviously, there will be a significant financial benefit to this organization similar to Planned Parenthood’s benefit from abortions. Just follow the money and you will find the motivation.
Comment by S. Devin — December 27, 2009 @ 9:09 am