Rahm Emanuel, Obama's right hand lackey, is probably to Obama what Cheney was to Bush. Rahm "Dead Fish" Emanuel is a piece of work. His brother, Ezekiel? Another thing entirely. His views are, sadly and as fear-mongering as it sounds, reminiscent of the practices of the Nazi regime. Not only does he apparently advocate rationing of health care, but...well just read on as the New York Post documents the lunacy. Oh did we mention that Ezekiel holds the key positions of health-policy adviser at the Office of Management and Budget, and is a member of Federal Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research.
...(Emanuel) wants doctors to look beyond the needs of their patients and consider social justice, such as whether the money could be better spent on somebody else.
Many doctors are horrified by this notion; they'll tell you that a doctor's job is to achieve social justice one patient at a time.
Emanuel, however, believes that "communitarianism" should guide decisions on who gets care. He says medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those "who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens … An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia" (Hastings Center Report, Nov.-Dec. '96).
Translation: Don't give much care to a grandmother with Parkinson's or a child with cerebral palsy.
Here's how Ezekiel defends denying healthcare to the elderly:
Unlike allocation by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination; every person lives through different life stages rather than being a single age. Even if 25-year-olds receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years
And do you know what the worst part of this is? Ezekiel is right. If ObamaCare does, God help us, come to pass, this is how it will have to be due to high demand, a larger clientele base, and a dwindling number of doctors.
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