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    Death Panels Anyone? A MUST read. Watch the video. FROM THE ARTICLE: "In 1994 Barbara's state established the Oregon Health Plan to give its working poor access to basic healthcare while limiting costs by "prioritizing care." In 1997 Oregon legalized physician-assisted... more

    Reviewed by Sneakeasy Oct 18, 01:43am ( 3 reviews ) physiciansforreform.org

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  • Rated by Sneakeasy on Oct 18, 1:43am

    Death Panels Anyone? A MUST read. Watch the video. FROM THE ARTICLE: "In 1994 Barbara's state established the Oregon Health Plan to give its working poor access to basic healthcare while limiting costs by "prioritizing care." In 1997 Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide to offer "death with dignity" to patients who chose to die without further medical treatment. In the end, the State secured the power to ration healthcare in order to control its financial risk, even if that meant replacing a patient's chance to live with the choice of how to die."
  • Rated by Bslush on Jun 06, 10:44pm

    The future of government-run healthcare. Barbara Wagner was told by an oncologist to get the drug Tarceva for chemotherapy treatment of her lung cancer. Oregon's state run health plan denied the potentially life altering drug because it was not "cost-effective." Instead, the State plan offered to pay for either hospice care or physician-assisted suicide.
  • Rated by theCL on Jun 04, 7:58pm

    This is a must read!