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Old 02-01-2011, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk View Post
Medicare is a federal funded program for the elderly and certain long-term disabled people and Medicaid is shared between the federal and state gov'ts to provide care for the poor.
And if one wants to see a real "government death panel", as a result of cutting state medicad-type funds, that has already resulted in the deaths of two people this year: look at Gov. Jan Brewer's cutting of state funds to patients on the transplant waiting list in her state.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_1...-10391704.html

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/20...nother-victim/
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