Nat Hentoff Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• That term was used with hyperbole about the parts of the health care bill where doctors are mandated, if people are on Medicare and of a certain age or in serious physical condition, to counsel them on their end-of-life alternatives. I don't believe that was a death panel.

  Nat Hentoff

  Believe, Doctors, People

  Source: annaz.blogspot.com

• Under the British healthcare system, there is a commission that decides whether or not, based on your age and physical condition, the government should continue to pay for your health.

  Nat Hentoff

  Government, Age, Pay

  Source: annaz.blogspot.com

• A woman in the audience asked [Barack] Obama about her mother. Her mother was 101 years old and was in need of a certain kind of procedure. Her doctor didn't want to do it because of her age. However, another doctor did and told this woman there is a joy of life in this person. The woman asked President Obama how he would deal with this sort of thing, and Obama said we cannot consider the joy of life in this situation. He said I would advise her to take a pain killer. That is the essence of the President of the United States.

  Nat Hentoff

  Mother, Pain, Years

  Source: annaz.blogspot.com

• If the American people have their health care paid for by the government, depending on their age and their condition, they will be subject to a health commission just like in England which will decide if their lives are worth living much longer.

  Nat Hentoff

  Government, People, Age

  Source: annaz.blogspot.com

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