Here is the link to the bill…
We had heard “chatter” about this provision and checked it out for ourselves. Sure enough, starting on page 424 with Section 1233 – “Advance Care Planning Considerations,” Congress is requiring “end of life” counseling sessions every five years for seniors. If that doesn’t send cold chills down your spine, then you should be concerned.
Why our analogy to ‘Logan’s Run?’ Here’s a summary from Wikipedia:
Logan’s Run is a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, it depicts a dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources is managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple expedient of demanding the death of everyone upon reaching a particular age, thus avoiding the issue of overpopulation.
We think the letter and intent of the liberal Democrats is quite clear. Reduce costs by rationing care to the elderly and terminally ill. To quote the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago:
The message is clear: government can save money by encouraging old people to die a little sooner than they otherwise would. Instead of being regarded with reverence, and cherished, human life is subject in this view to a utilitarian cost-benefit calculus and can be sacrificed to serve fiscal policy and the sacred imperative of trimming a budget.
The next issue we’re examining is the creation of yet another BIG GOVERNMENT agency that will determine comparative effectiveness. What’s that? That agency will use “research” and will decide the treatments onw should get, who should get them, and whether they should be made available at all. Even Senator Tom Daschle (D, South Dakota) admits in his book that Socialized Medicine “will not be pain-free”. He insists that Seniors should accept the aging process and forgo expensive treatments. More on this to come…
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