The entire debacle down in Florida (what! another one?) has an interesting side note that hasn't been mentioned much. Everyone knows that the malpractice money, close to $700k for Terri's care ran out a while back. I understand that the care facility she's in has been providing care gratis, I think, which is a mighty kind act for a Hospice to do...
But with the recent drive to cap mal-practice judgements and the "bankruptcy reform" the christo-fascists have all but assured that bills similar to the Texas Futile Care Act will become the law of the land, because they're based on a two-prong test; willingness of a facility to take a PVS-type patient and ability to pay...how far will $250k go for these types of services? Would Terri Schiavo even be alive in Texas if her award had been capped and a facility not been willing to take her?
The Christo-Fascist Corporate Health Care Equation:
Liability Caps + Bankruptcy "Reform" = You are so Fucked (for a generation or more).
Of course it's not fair to leave out those stellar Democrats who support "bankruptcy reform", even if they not be christo-fascist wackos .... they are certainly polishing up their creds and inflating their kneepads...
posted by Jo Fish on 03.24.05 at 11:57 PM
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Jo,
it all makes sense, once you realize that Bush, the fundamentalists, and the "movement conservatives", are all working toward the triumph of Satan over that damn 'help the poor' commie Jesus.
posted by: Satan luvvs Repubs on 03.25.05 at 12:29 PM [permalink]
Bush's beloved Texas already has a law on the books that lets hospitals do away with braindead indigents. When the money runs out, they can pull the plug. The "Advance Directives Act" (Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.001 (2004)) signed into law by none other than Governor George W. Bush in 1999, allows hospitals to deactivate life support on any patient if they cannot find an approved institution to take the patient, and there is no one willing to pay for treatment. This law was passed by those "culture of life" people in the legislature, and signed by their high priest, Bush, in order to reduce the state's expenditures for its share of medicare/medicaid.
