Hit piece trying to show that Obama is for rationing

[masuki bance]

Run time: 01:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-dQfb8WQvo   Posted on YouTube: June 25, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 21, 2009 By DU Member: masuki bance Views on DU: 375

 
Got this from my Father-in-Law, trying to say that Obama would prefer pain pills over surgery for heart arrhythmia for senior citizens to save money.

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Tell your father-in-law that the current system ALREADY rations healthcare

Just ask the millions of Americans that each year have their legitimate claims DENIED by their insurer.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. Send him this

I would offer to your father-in-law that he is not special and that HIS insurance company could EASILY pull this shit on him. Healthcare is ALREADY rationed by insurance companies and it might just happen to him someday.


They authorized back surgery but denied his $148,000 claim
Jon Yates

July 21, 2009

Michael Napientek of Clarendon Hills was in excruciating pain and needed back surgery. His wife has worked in the health-care field for 30 years and thought she knew how to navigate the insurance bureaucracy.

Before Napientek was wheeled into an operating room Oct. 27, his doctor obtained a preauthorization number. The surgery went well, and within weeks Napientek was feeling much better.

Until April. That's when the couple began receiving a series of letters from the insurance administrator with chilling news: Claims for the surgery had been denied, leaving them on the hook for the heart-stopping total of $148,000.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-tue-problem-insurance-0721jul21,0,5666288.column