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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (17359)	8/14/2009 7:24:34 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Palin supported 'end-of-life counseling' just last year: "... But there will be no "death panels" under the legislation being considered. In fact, the provision in the bill would allow Medicare to pay doctors for voluntary counseling sessions that address end-of-life issues. The conversations between doctor and patient would include living wills, making a close relative or a trusted friend your health care proxy, learning about hospice as an option for the terminally ill, and information about pain medications for people suffering chronic discomfort." "The sessions would be covered every five years, more frequently if someone is gravely ill." "The American Medical Association and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization support the provision...." ...Palin's posting came one day after Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said that Palin and other critics were not helping the GOP by tossing out false claims. Portions of the Democratic health care bills "are bad enough that we don't need to be making things up," Murkowski said, invoking a phrase that Palin used in her resignation speech, when she asked the news media to "quit making things up." Murkowski said she was offended at the "death panel" terminology. "There is no reason to gin up fear in the American public by saying things that are not included in the bill," she said. Palin hasn't always been against end-of-life counseling. As Alaska governor, she signed a proclamation making April 16, 2008, Healthcare Decision Day with the goal to have health care professionals and others participate in a statewide effort to provide clear and consistent information about advance directives. ... Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Republican who co-sponsored a similar measure in the Senate, said it was "nuts" to claim the bill encourages euthanasia. And Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., who authored the provision on end-of-life counseling, said he is astounded that Palin has not tempered her bleak descriptions of the health care bill. "It's deliberate at this point," Blumenauer said. "If she wasn't deliberately lying at the beginning, she is deliberately allowing a terrible falsehood to be spread with her name." He said the measure would block funds for counseling that presents suicide or assisted suicide as an option, calling references to death panels or euthanasia "mind-numbing." google.com The proclamation noted that only about 20 percent of Alaskans, and 50 percent of severely or terminally ill patients, have an advance directive. "It is likely that a significant reason for these low percentages is that there is both a lack of knowledge and considerable confusion in the public about advance directives," it said.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (17359)	8/14/2009 8:05:43 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

A former Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton is headed for prison. Incredible! Warrant issued for former Bill Clinton chief of staffStory Highlights Betsey Wright will surrender after bench warrant issued for her arrest, lawyer says She allegedly smuggled tattoo needles, Swiss Army knife, box cutter into state prison Wright is an advocate for prisoners, has befriended inmates, lawyer says updated 9:35 p.m. EDT, Wed August 12, 2009Next Article in Crime » (CNN) -- Bill Clinton's chief of staff when he was governor of Arkansas is expected to turn herself in after authorities issued a bench warrant for her arrest for allegedly smuggling contraband into a state prison, her attorney told CNN Wednesday. cnn.com