Aug
14
2009
Oregon socialized healthcare system to cancer victim: just kill yourself
Posted by AWB in ObamaIf you want an example of how socialized healthcare is already working in this country, consider the case of Barbara Wagner who is covered under the Oregon Health Plan.
Wagner had lung cancer, which had long been in remission. The cancer recently returned and her doctor prescribed medication that would cost $4000 per month. The Oregon Health Plan refused to pay for the medication, (Tarceva), and in the rejection letter they instead offered to supply a $50 pill that would end her life.
Tarceva would have extended her life by another 4-6 months. Oregon said just take this little pill and kill yourself now. We’ll even pay for a doctor to assist you.
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At this point, although the debate and spin continue, this bill is essentially dead from an emotional and mandate perspective, even if some version gets passed. Whether it ultimately proves to be of any benefit to society, or a detriment, will take years, if not decades, to appreciate.
This bill, and virtually anything that might be done to improve our healthcare system, involves too much complexity with which we are emotionally motivated to deal. In addition, there are too many factions with entrenched economic and/or financial interests to permit it to become a true health initiative.
There’s been too much arguing about the details. People can not describe in 2 or 3 sentences the conceptual parameters of the effort and what it is supposed to accomplish. Unfortunately, people can describe how they feel about it in 1 or 2 words, and that’s not good. And that’s not to mention the elements who have whipped up hysteria by suggesting, with certainty, what will occur once the final product (which does not yet exist) emerges.
If either side of the debate has to work this hard arguing about something which theoretically should improve the lives of the masses of people, there’s a big problem.
Even more so than how something is done, people are interested in results, not the details. And once again, as is frequently the case with much of human processing, the facts don’t really matter. How people view the world, what they value, and what they want, matters.
And there is nothing collaborative in nature about that. Factor in the strong individualistic American DNA, and this effort is emotionally toast.