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Posted By gbudavid 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News

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Barbara Wagner, who is covered through the state of Oregon's government health care plan, was denied an important cancer drug she requested andinstead was offered a drug for assisted suicide.Below is an excerpt from the KATU.com article:

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newsguy20054 months, 3 weeks ago

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This is what people are afraid of! Yet Obama and the Democrats refuse to answer this. That's because they want to have it happen!

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  gbudavid4 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  This is What Earl Blumenauer D Oregon. Wrote into the Federal Bill.
  
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Commodore14 months, 3 weeks ago

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Now the liberals will probably criticize and demean her for wanting to live. Or she will mysteriously disappear.

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  globalwarmer4 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  " mysteriously disappear" are you serious?
  
  Perhaps she can get the tobacco companies to pay for her medicine since they got her hooked on nicotine.
  
  Offered "Assisted suicide"... give me a break! If you're smoking cigarettes, you're already trying to commit suicide... a slow painful suicide.
  
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fishifanb4 months, 3 weeks ago

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I could find a thousand similar stories of care denied by the private health care system. So what?

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  k9kssr4 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Fish,
  
  just give us url's for the first 100.
  
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    mesodude4 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    You should be doing your own research, clown. If you had a brain you'd actually challenge yourself to consider more than one point of view.
    
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    fishifanb4 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    http://select.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/opinion/22kru...
    
    http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/your_story
    
    Read up!
    
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mesodude4 months, 3 weeks ago

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DROPPED. You know this is a blog and that this is Political OPINION and yet you filthily LIE and use the Political News category. The blog itself doesn't even link to a new article. Unless you're lying with the intent to be sleazy and dishonest, why not link to the article instead of the excerpt? This is why I will not click on links from you cons anymore.

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  GooberK4 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  blog also cites Wikipedia as a credible source.
  
  all the outrage from the right is coming from poorly (if at all) researched BLOGS.
  
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  gbudavid4 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  http://www.katu.com/news/26119539.html
  
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  gbudavid4 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Stand By Messy Dude You can call up your Minions To block the real Story From KATU.
  
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calitennflo4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constituti...

It's obvious...congress has no idea what it is doing...

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Tangent0014 months, 3 weeks ago

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For all the talk about 'rationed care', what is lost is that care is being rationed NOW by companies who are somehow still able to afford executive compensation packages in the 10s of millions or dollars, AND pay for expensive advertising campaigns AND pay the salaries of staff whose SOLE JOB is to find ways to deny coverage. This 'overhead' accounts for 30%-40% of received premiums, while Medicare, by comparison, operates with a 2% overhead.

Next time you look at a United Healthcare ad in a magazine, try to imagine how many months of Tarceva treatment had to be denied to how many people in order to pay for it.

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lloydm654 months, 3 weeks ago

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The lady in Ore.probably voted for the state plan,thinking it would protect her,but they drew straws as she slept,and she got the short end,I'm sorry.Sleep in peaceful slumber.A great many more of America's rejects,big,and small will be joining you soon.The American people talk a good game until push comes to shove,then relent.The Election of Obama proved that.

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