Senators Challenge Health Care Section Making Death Panels Permanent

[juliee]

Washington, DC – Two pro-life senators plan to raise a constitutional challenge to a section of the Senate health care bill that makes the infamous “death panels” permanent. They say it is unconstitutional to pass a law that prevents Congress from overturning the law at a later point.

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[gamewell45]

Washington, DC – Two pro-life senators plan to raise a constitutional challenge to a section of the Senate health care bill that makes the infamous “death panels” permanent. They say it is unconstitutional to pass a law that prevents Congress from overturning the law at a later point.

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I’ve got some news for you; the insurance companies are already doing that; in fact they’ve done it for years by denying coverage for those with preexisting conditions or certain necessary procedures they refuse to pay for.

Maybe the senators ought to legislate insurance companies from utilizing their “death panels”?

 

[wabrams]

I’ve got some news for you; the insurance companies are already doing that; in fact they’ve done it for years by denying coverage for those with preexisting conditions or certain necessary procedures they refuse to pay for.

Maybe the senators ought to legislate insurance companies from utilizing their “death panels”?

I don’t think you understand the gravity of this: Congress is trying to put in place something that they can’t overturn later. Changes in Congressional rules must be approved by a 2/3rds vote, yet they are sneaking it in under the radar on a bill which only needs a majority vote.

 

[gamewell45]

I don’t think you understand the gravity of this: Congress is trying to put in place something that they can’t overturn later. Changes in Congressional rules must be approved by a 2/3rds vote, yet they are sneaking it in under the radar on a bill which only needs a majority vote.

I understand fully what they are doing, but the thrust of my post was that they should be regulating the insurance companies since they will be remaining in the picture. The insurance companies have had free reign over lives of us for decades and when it didn’t fit the bottom line, they in effect had these so-called “death panels” which more or less decided whether you were allowed treatment to live or die.

 

[wabrams]

I understand fully what they are doing, but the thrust of my post was that they should be regulating the insurance companies since they will be remaining in the picture. The insurance companies have had free reign over lives of us for decades and when it didn’t fit the bottom line, they in effect had these so-called “death panels” which more or less decided whether you were allowed treatment to live or die.

Insurance companies are heavily regulated by state & federal government. All that added regulation adds to their overhead driving up costs. They can’t compete across state lines, they are forced to offer certain benefits in insurance plans instead of letting the consumer pick, massive amounts of paperwork, etc.

 

[gamewell45]

Insurance companies are heavily regulated by state & federal government. All that added regulation adds to their overhead driving up costs. They can’t compete across state lines, they are forced to offer certain benefits in insurance plans instead of letting the consumer pick, massive amounts of paperwork, etc.

I believe you are correct that they are regulated, but they still have the so-called death panels.

I guess i’m from the school where you shouldn’t put a price on human life when it comes to health care. As I’ve said in other threads in here, many groups will stop at no ends to preserve the life of an unborn child, yet once that child is born, the efforts to preserve life does not carry the same weight.

 

[jc-servant]

The federal government has to provide a “fair hearing process” for citizens when an agency denies claims, benefits, etc. There is no way for them to have a “death panel” that decides on health care coverage for an individual without providing for an appeal process. It is already done with Medicare and Social Security on health care related matters and on a variety of cases from more than 40 agencies. Calling it a “death panel” sounds ominous and gathers headlines, but the reality is that decisions limiting health care are already made by individuals or panels in private health insurance companies and those private companies do NOT have to provide an appeal to an impartial judge while federal programs do require such an appeal process. The private companies don’t even have to give someone a timely decision. Those with a vested interest in keeping things just as they are have filled the news with catch phrases like “death panels” to distract citizens from asking questions about other things.