Michael Steele is starring in a new TV ad by the Republican National Committee, which will run on select national cable channels and in Florida.
Make it illegal to ration health care based on age. Prevent any government role in end-of-life care," Steele says. "And stop bureaucrats from getting between seniors and their doctors. A few things we should all agree on. The Seniors' Bill of Rights."
I’m betting most Americans would agree that private insurers also have bureaucrats (not doctors and nurses) deciding what they should cover and what they should not cover- health care wise. It’s already been proven that even the private industry offers ‘end of life’ consultation coverage. I’m also relatively sure from stories I’ve heard over the years that these same private insurers with their bureaucratic boards, sit around a nice big table discussing just exactly how far they will go with a patient’s coverage when said patient has been diagnosed as terminally ill.
It’s also a known fact that even the private industry rations coverage to all its customers. If they didn’t why bother sending out new pamphlets every year explaining what is covered and what is not?
As for government controlling ‘end of life’ care Mr. Steel, I believe it was your Party and its leadership that insisted on interfering to the point of passing a resolution in Congress and having it signed by a Republican president stopping the removal of feeding tubes from Terri Schiavo.
As for ‘senior’s rights’ Mr. Steel, wasn’t it your party that wanted to eliminate Social Security as we know it? Your party wanted to privatize it, converting it to a stock market based plan. Current and future seniors, if your Republican Party had gotten its way, would have been reliant on the same stock market that nearly went bankrupt this year; Great job that would have been sir.
Because of all these facts Mr. Steel, it is ‘your party’ that has no business getting involved with senior’s financial business or their health care.