End of Life Care
Monday, August 17th, 2009Like one of our previous posts the end of life planning section of the health care bill is under fire from the right wing like Sarah Palin has called it a “death panel”. This couldn’t be farther from the truth, instead what is being proposed is entirely logical and absolutely should be included in the final bill.
What is the problem with your doctor talking about the planning of your end of life care? If anyone should be talking about it it should be you and your doctor as well as with your lawyer but that’s another issue. Keeping a plan for your end of life care could keep you from being put on a ventilator when there is little to no chance of your recovering and you’ll just spend the last days of your life feeling like you’re choking with your hands tied down, just as I could imagine Hell.
If you are opposed to this, consider this: the cost savings as well as the humane death of people would be much better than without a plan. With a plan you could put such a thing as a do not resuscitate order if you don’t want to be brought back. Also if you get to be 90+ and get pneumonia you could die peacefully in days in your sleep or you could die as previously mentioned on a ventilator and in complete discomfort.
You shouldn’t buy into the right wing shit, they don’t have your best interests at heart and here’s why: the reason republicans don’t want end of life plans is because their constituency would benefit and profit from it because they would perform more operations which helps make their boat payments. You remember the good old days when hospitals were non-profit? I don’t I wish they would make health care something for people who cared about people and not a profiteering venture for sadistic personalities.
In conclusion why don’t you listen to the people who have your best interests at heart? Any smart person already has a living will, a last will and testament as well as an end of life care plan. But most people don’t have the incentive to do it and most who do won’t until it is evident that they are going to die which may be too late. This is a good idea and will save the money and integrity of all people involved. We should all agree to do the most good even if it costs people like me who have perfectly good health care insurance to help people who don’t.