Dems to Brewer: Restore medical transplant funds (& her elimination of benefits = "death panels")

[Turborama]

Source: Arizona Daily Star

PHOENIX - Democratic state lawmakers again criticized Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's cuts to a state health-care program, calling the elimination of benefits for some medical transplants equivalent to setting up "death panels."

They urged Brewer on Tuesday to either call a special session of the Legislature to restore the funding or to use federal stimulus funds she controls to do so. Brewer has previously rejected the calls.

Incoming Democratic leaders of the Senate and House and other lawmakers gathered at a news conference with four people who need transplant surgeries and a surgeon who heads a national transplant group.

Senate Minority Leader David Schapira called the cuts to the state medical care program for the poor an urgent matter that must be dealt with immediately. "People's lives truly depend on this issue, perhaps more than any issue that the state of Arizona has ever faced," Schapira said. He noted at least 97 people who need transplants can't get them because of cuts to the state Medicaid program known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.

Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/science/health-med-fit/article_fdff77c4-0de0-5d92-b223-9fb073b1a284.html

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I found out about this by accident. Flicking through the channels, I stumbled across her defending this with Greta Van Shizenhousen , who of course was only too pleased to give her psychopathic ramblings plenty of airtime.

[saracat]

1. 3 people have already died.These are "genuine" Death panels. Perhaps Brewer;s pal Palin

woud like to take umbrage at this? But I doubt it. GOP Death Panels= Good.Meanwhile Brewer blames "Obamacare"( which has yet to go into effect) for the necessity to create the death panels!

[Suich]

2. I saw a little tiny bit of that interview.

Brewer mentioned dialysis patients may also have to be cut.

[indimuse]

3. Disgraceful! knr! nt