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No health care rationing? Even The New York Times sees it now UPDATED: Hewitt assesses
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
08/21/09 4:44 PM EDT
President Obama and his congressional Democratic allies miss no opportunity to accuse critics of government-run health care of spreading false information when they claim Obamacare will produce health care rationing, particularly in the treatment of the terminally ill, the handicapped, and seniors.
But check out these seven graphs from Robert Pear at the end of his story of The New York Times, entitled "A basis is seen for some health plan fears among elderly." Read them carefully because they reveal, without saying it directly, that seniors and Obamacare critics have a serious point :
It's like the Peanuts cartoon. She ALWAYS jerks the football out of the way and Charlie Brown - that would be you and me - ALWAYS ends flat on his back.
You can read the balance of Pear's report here.
UPDATE: Examiner columnist Hugh Hewitt on the issue
Chapman University law professor, talk radio host and Washington Examiner host Hugh Hewitt - he was also a high-ranking appointee in the first Bush administration at the U.S. Office of Personnel Managment - offers additional thoughts on the health care rationing issue and the state-of-play for the Obama administration at the mid-point of the August congressional recess.
Hewitt sees three reasons why Obama will not cut his losses on Obamacare now - a move Hewitt thinks could well lead to a re-energizing of the president's agenda. The three reasons Obama won't do this are ..... no, you gotta go here to Hugh's blog. And check out the archive of Hugh's superb Examiner columns here.
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