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39. My dad fortunately signed up for

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:56 AM

Jan 2013

his company's health insurance when he turned 60 and retired. He promptly got cancer and spent six years fighting it (the last year under Medicare). Even then he and my mom went through nearly $200K of his IRA (mostly trips back and forth to Houston).

He was in hospice care in Lousiana at the end. I was thankful for the support that Hospice gave my mom. He was able to die in the living room of his house with a picture window looking out to his pride and joy - his garden.

Medicare covers Hospice but many people in Hospice do not qualify for Medicare, and, if they are destitute, come under Medicaid. It does not seem unreasonable to let those people die in more comfortable surroundings than a sterile hospital room.

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In Addition To Taxing The Poor, Louisiana Will Stop Providing End-Of-Life Care To Low-Income America [View all] demmiblue Jan 2013 OP

IMO Christianity and Republican ideology are exact polar opposites Bandit Jan 2013 #1

Deformation of the most plastic and malleable parts of each. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #7

it requires that at least ONE of those 2 things be practiced in such a radical way Volaris Jan 2013 #20

Simple, it's not possible Tagish_Charlie Jan 2013 #25

yeap, at the center of conservative ideals is selfishness uponit7771 Jan 2013 #27

The Christianity you speak of is 'Old School' Christianity. NorthCarolina Jan 2013 #43

Keen Gullibility is essential to both. GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #59

psychologically, it's called compartmentalization BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #64

So... dsbc Jan 2013 #2

Here's the solution: Die Quickly*! eShirl Jan 2013 #4

WTH makes you think poor Americans don't feel "ownership?" Glitterati Jan 2013 #5

And yet upheld as OK after an alert (probably multiple ones). Unbelievable. abq e streeter Jan 2013 #31

Yeah, I alerted as well. Glitterati Jan 2013 #37

I thought this was as slam dunk an alert as I've ever sent. I was stunned to see the post upheld. abq e streeter Jan 2013 #38

I've been lobbying hard for jury reform Wednesdays Jan 2013 #44

Jury results siligut Jan 2013 #45

Skinner got him! demmiblue Jan 2013 #54

yeah,I thought this was blatantly obvious, and yet 3 of 6 thought the post was OK. abq e streeter Jan 2013 #58

Cutting funds from dying people is ok with you? Lars39 Jan 2013 #10

If you focus solely on income taxes and ignore all of the other very REGRESSIVE taxes PA Democrat Jan 2013 #15

So you want to tax people who have nothing left to tax. olegramps Jan 2013 #23

Wow JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #28

Oh, I agree entirely. This plan is genius. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #29

single payer is the answer lark Jan 2013 #41

Louisiana could impose higher taxes on oil including offshore oil and pay a lot of bills that way. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #47

The message here? If you're poor and sick, DROP DEAD. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2013 #3

Alan Grayson's meme come to life Glitterati Jan 2013 #6

.. and they need to hurry death along already peace frog Jan 2013 #21

I wouldn't be surprised JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #30

Geez, LA is a mean state. ananda Jan 2013 #8

So this is the death panels Rethuglicans warned us about Heather MC Jan 2013 #9

Let me guess: those in favor of this also consider themselves "pro- life." eShirl Jan 2013 #11

Stunning isn't it? Pro-life people also overwhelmingly support the death penalty. The children that bluestate10 Jan 2013 #65

I wonder what the so-called "right-to-lifers" have to say about this gollygee Jan 2013 #12

They're probably fine with it. Flashmann Jan 2013 #18

They love the babies until they're born. mac56 Jan 2013 #19

They have a fetus fetish. SummerSnow Jan 2013 #33

They do NOT love the fetus. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #50

Louisiana-trying hard to make TX look good. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #13

It's official: Jindal running for the GOP nomination for King of Teabillystan..... marble falls Jan 2013 #14

AMERICA!!! Fuck you! I've got mine! CE5 Jan 2013 #16

Life in the Bible Belt, where WWJD is just something you wear on a bracelet. sybylla Jan 2013 #17

A new "Final Solution" atreides1 Jan 2013 #22

Tax cuts and bail out for rich Wall Streeters and foreign aid Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #24

There's your 'death panel' for you. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #26

psst...pssst....can you say Death Panels?.... SummerSnow Jan 2013 #32

The logic escapes me Oilwellian Jan 2013 #34

No, hospice care isn't cheaper Glitterati Jan 2013 #40

FU Piyush. geardaddy Jan 2013 #35

What a ghoul. How horrible. Politicub Jan 2013 #36

My dad fortunately signed up for exboyfil Jan 2013 #39

So Bobby's creating his own death panel...hmmm arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #42

My grandma is Title 19 in a nursing home exboyfil Jan 2013 #46

I'm sorry your grandmother is so ill. But what does this mean? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #48

Title 19 is Medicaid exboyfil Jan 2013 #52

Thanks for explaining. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #53

Fuck you, Bobby Brady Zoeisright Jan 2013 #49

xpost "In southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders" kickysnana Jan 2013 #51

ER's in Louisiana are going to be very long waits lovuian Jan 2013 #55

So they want people to die, but not to make them as comfortable as possible while doing it. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2013 #56

NOT "people" ... "poor people"! etherealtruth Jan 2013 #60

Excellent point, ethereal. Much of my family is like that. Evil as a description works for me. Mnemosyne Jan 2013 #61

Just let them wander into the forest, eh GOP? ck4829 Jan 2013 #57

evil goes hand in hand with stupidity, greed and resentment BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #62

Man. What do red state leaders think with? bluestate10 Jan 2013 #63

Republican death panels for sure n/t eridani Jan 2013 #66

Beat me by 19 minutes Dirty Socialist Jan 2013 #67