Talking Seniors to Death

Sunday Paper - September 6th, 2009

by Rita L. Marker

First, the bad news.  For the first time since 1975, Social Security recipients are being told they won’t be receiving an annual cost of living increase in their monthly benefits.  At the same time, their Medicare premiums will go up, so monthly checks will actually shrink next year.  Not to worry, though.  Here’s the good news.  Seniors may not have to live on such meager funds for long because the government is going to help them plan how they want to die.

This benevolent plan is in Section 1233 (p. 424) of the health care reform bill known as “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009″ (HR 3200).  It didn’t just show up on the doorstep of health care reform, but was packaged and delivered by Compassion & Choices (C & C), the assisted-suicide advocacy group previously known as the Hemlock Society.

Read more at American Thinker - September 6th, 2009

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/talking_seniors_to_death.html

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