Score one for Sarah Palin, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, issued a statement earlier today saying that concerns raised about the end-of-life provisions in the House health care bill are entirely legitimate. Sen. Grassley’s statement goes on to say that the Finance Committee has “dropped end-of-life provisions from consideration entirely” because of those fears and also because of concerns that they could be “implemented incorrectly.”<\/p>\n
Here’s Grassley’s statement:<\/p>\n
The bill passed by the House committees is so poorly cobbled together that it will have all kinds of unintended consequences, including making taxpayers fund health care subsidies for illegal immigrants. On the end-of-life issue, there\u2019s a big difference between a simple educational campaign, as some advocates want, and the way the House committee-passed bill pays physicians to advise patients about end of life care and rates physician quality of care based on the creation of and adherence to orders for end-of-life care, while at the same time creating a government-run program that is likely to lead to the rationing of care for everyone. On the Finance Committee, we are working very hard to avoid unintended consequences by methodically working through the complexities of all of these issues and policy options. That methodical approach continues.\u00a0 We dropped end-of-life provisions from consideration entirely because of the way they could be misinterpreted and implemented incorrectly. Maybe others can defend a bill like the Pelosi bill that leaves major issues open to interpretation, but I can\u2019t.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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- Finance Committee drops end-of-life provision<\/a> – The Hill<\/li>\n
- Score One for Sarah Palin on the Healthcare Reform Death Panels<\/a> – U.S. News<\/li>\n
- Concerning the “Death Panels”<\/a> – Sarah Palin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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