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gop wants to bypass "death panels" and send seniors straight to death (Original Post) Miigwech Apr 2020 OP
Not only seniors. But yes. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #1
Mostly seniors, and JenniferJuniper Apr 2020 #2
There are ALOT of immunocompromised. A lot of asthma and diabetes. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #11
Yes, but the vast majority dying are the elderly. JenniferJuniper Apr 2020 #12
I've not seen it broken down well enough to say that definitively. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #13
. ffr Apr 2020 #3
The same people screaming 10 years ago that Obamacare would have death panels NameAlreadyTaken Apr 2020 #4
At least Grandma won't have the plug pulled on her! Zambero Apr 2020 #5
They have completely lost their minds. Initech Apr 2020 #6
They should lead by example. grumpyduck Apr 2020 #7
There Is A Store In The Neighborhood I Have Not Patronized For A Decade, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #8
See? Trump's cutting government red tape! gratuitous Apr 2020 #9
Yet they still oppose abortion. Makes no sense. They care about the unborn but not for the living? lettucebe Apr 2020 #10

JenniferJuniper

(4,512 posts)
2. Mostly seniors, and
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 12:47 PM
Apr 2020

the filthy pigs love it. Think of all the ex-SS and Medicare recipients that will not longer receive payments!

So much more for the wealthy. They must be wetting themselves with joy.

onecaliberal

(32,852 posts)
13. I've not seen it broken down well enough to say that definitively.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:19 PM
Apr 2020

Skilled facilities are certainly suffering horrendous losses across the country.

NameAlreadyTaken

(977 posts)
4. The same people screaming 10 years ago that Obamacare would have death panels
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 12:52 PM
Apr 2020

which would decide whether Grandma and Grandpa would die or receive health care are now perfectly willing to let Grandma and Grandpa die for the sake of an economy which benefits only the 1%...

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
5. At least Grandma won't have the plug pulled on her!
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 12:54 PM
Apr 2020

With the health care system in a pre-ordained chaos, she won't even make it as far as the hospital.

grumpyduck

(6,232 posts)
7. They should lead by example.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:21 PM
Apr 2020

A lot of them are seniors, right?

Or are they planning to have another Holocaust?

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
8. There Is A Store In The Neighborhood I Have Not Patronized For A Decade, Sir
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:33 PM
Apr 2020

And formerly frequented, till I saw its owner had marked his automobile with a bumper sticker reading 'Obamacare --- America's holocaust for seniors'.

The present situation illustrates with horrid force these creatures really are incapable of accusing anyone else of something they do not mean to do themselves, and will do given half a chance.


"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. See? Trump's cutting government red tape!
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:41 PM
Apr 2020

Good Americans don't need some panel of government bureaucrats deciding they have to die for the greater glory of capitalism.

lettucebe

(2,336 posts)
10. Yet they still oppose abortion. Makes no sense. They care about the unborn but not for the living?
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:48 PM
Apr 2020

The disrespect for elderly in this country is beyond sickening. Yet, their attitudes will kill all, not just elderly.

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