Republicans voted for death panels as part of 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill

[Joanne98]

You would think that if Republicans wanted to totally mischaracterize a health care provision and demagogue it like nobody’s business, they would at least pick something that the vast majority of them hadn’t already voted for just a few years earlier. Because that’s not just shameless, it’s stupid.

Yes, that’s right. Remember the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill, the one that passed with the votes of 204 GOP House members and 42 GOP Senators? Anyone want to guess what it provided funding for? Did you say counseling for end-of-life issues and care? Ding ding ding!!

Let’s go to the bill text, shall we? “The covered services are: evaluating the beneficiary’s need for pain and symptom management, including the individual’s need for hospice care; counseling the beneficiary with respect to end-of-life issues and care options, and advising the beneficiary regarding advanced care planning.”

http://ohforgoodnesssake.com/?p=2078

[annabanana]

1. Just more of that virus; CRS

"Can't Remember Shit"..You know.. the thing Alberto Gonzales had such a bad case of.

[asjr]

2. Yes, Republicans waved the magic wand

and seniors got screwed! Pharma prices rose double what they should have been and the insurance companies doubled their premium rates. And I have reached the donut hole and am drowning in it.

[TexasObserver]

3. Recommend

[City Lights]

4. This needs to be thrown into the faces of our corporate media overlords.

Throw it hard and throw it often. Don't stop until they give it the same coverage they gave to the hypocrites accusing the Dems of wanting to kill Grandma.

[loyalkydem]

5. and as I said before

my how quickly they forget the past.

[Brewman_Jax]

6. They need to be reminded

over and over that they don't work for the public interest. This from a party whose mantra is: Government is evil and will not work for you. Elect us and we'll prove it.

[emulatorloo]

7. Grassley voted yea for this, per the article. Calling his office EOM