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patrice

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6. It's not a right without a choice, so the CHOICE should be between whether to receive or not to

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2012, 05:50 PM

May 2012

receive care. Yes, those with more money can choose supplemental care packages, but a basic right to health care would not be dependent upon the ability to pay and part of that basic right is the right to choose to do whatever is possible to not die just yet.

Can it be ANY more obvious that there's a powerful cohort in our country that is intent upon railroading The Greatest Generation and The Boomers into their graves ASAP.

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Rick Scott redux! Please come CAPTION the champion of patient rights!!!! [View all] skip fox May 2012 OP

Did Scott really make such a ignorant statement? lumpy May 2012 #1

At DU CAPTIONing has meant a creative take. We try to channel the person's real beliefs skip fox May 2012 #3

I still think he looks like a penis Angry Dragon May 2012 #2

"And I should have the right to steal from the system with impunity." Scuba May 2012 #4

Refusal of Health Care lobodons May 2012 #5

It's not a right without a choice, so the CHOICE should be between whether to receive or not to patrice May 2012 #6

"Soylent Green is people." patrice May 2012 #7

"Now hiring: State-deficit minded Hospice "Care"" patrice May 2012 #8

I can fully believe that and fully expect Rmoney hifiguy May 2012 #9

this is from the criminal who ran HCA spanone May 2012 #10

"Look in my eyes . . . ALEC says you WANT to die." patrice May 2012 #11

Can we get a link for this? I'm having trouble finding it. nt patrice May 2012 #12

Mr. UnClean will sully your whole State, and everything that's in it. Mr. UnClean, Mr. UnClean, aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #13

Link: patrice May 2012 #14