In the past week, a number of my friends on Facebook have published the following statement as their status:
No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, feel free to post this as your status for the rest of the day.
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Posted July 29th by Pamela Hennessy in Care Rationing, Opinion
I’ve never been a huge fan of Bill Maher. Conversely, I’ve never truly disliked him, either. Until now.
Maher is the host of a weekly talk-show that airs on HBO called Real Time with Bill Maher. In each episode, Maher makes commentary of the news of the day and has a panel of guests who are [...]
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Posted May 31st by Pamela Hennessy in Care Rationing, Euthanasia, Opinion
On May 26, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Al Pacino is considering the lead role in the upcoming biopic of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, You Don’t Know Jack. Pacino has long been a favorite of mine so I found the move just a bit of a disappointment.
Though the film certainly isn’t in the can yet [...]
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Since late 2002, I’ve yammered on and on about the folks who promote a ‘right to die’ being nothing more than an agenda-driven group, looking to foster an ‘obligation to die’. Though I don’t claim to be a prophet (or, particularly bright, for that matter), the state of Idaho has punctuated this in legislation that [...]
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Posted September 19th by Pamela Hennessy in Care Rationing, Euthanasia, Opinion
If you’re demented, you’re wasting people’s lives – your family’s lives – and you’re wasting the resources of the National Health Service.
Those aren’t my words. They’re the words of one Lady Warnock, a veteran Government adviser in the United Kingdom, who is touting the values of promoting active euthanasia on patients who have become demented [...]
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