Betsy McCaughey's lies

Here are Betsy McCaughey's two major claims about the Democratic healthcare proposals (specifically HR 3200), and why they are lies.

McCaughey's claim that doctors will be required to hold "end of life" consultations with their patients.
Not true. The HR 3200 provision (page 425) does not require consultations -- it merely adds them to the list of medical services that are covered and paid for. These consultations will only occur if patients choose to participate in them -- they are just one more service that can be used by patients but are in no way required in the proposed rules.

McCaughey's claim that doctors' compensation will be based on their compliance with the "end of life" plans that come out of those consultations.
Not true. The PQRI program that McCaughey refers to has incentive pay that is based only on doctors' performance of reporting requirements. All the doctors have to do to receive the incentive pay is to provide data to the government. This incentive pay under PQRI is not, as McCaughey claims, based on whether the doctors comply with "end of life" plans or on any other metric related to how they perform services. It is based only on whether they send in the required reports. The data that they send in will not be released in a way that it can be identified with individual doctors or practice groups of doctors.

These conclusions are based on:

1. http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf">HR 3200
   
2. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/01_Overview.asp#TopOfPage">Outlines of the PQRI rules
   
   

... if they ever get power back into their grubby hands.

They have demonstrated that they love death panels (now privatized), but it WILL be their rationale to create death panels to cut taxes and defund social mandates.

Repugs often project when pointing fingers of blame, and I think this is a case of it.

Like "Fuzzy Math"?

Like saying that Clinton WH keyboards were "VANDALIZED" of their "W" keys, & that the Clinton WH was "RANSACKED" of silverware?

Like saying that "Liberal judges are activist"?

Like saying that Hillary was "authoritarian"?

Like saying that Obama is "illegitimately elected"?

Like saying that liberals are "godless"? That Obama is "fascist"?

Like saying that we who stopped Social Security "privatization" want elderly to "Be Killed" with Death Panels?

Like saying that liberals "politicize science" and have "junk science"?

I don't believe you. I don't think Right-Wingers project, or accuse what they themselves are up to.

But if you're correct 4% of the time...

Makes you wonder about the weirder accusations of Right-Wingers, like Bush's SOTA intimations about "horrifying human-animal hybrids". Or "FEMA Roundup Concentration Camps".

Was wondering about the 2nd point when she made it to Jon Stewart, and as per usual, it turns out to be yet another GOP lie.

Thanks for the info, knr!

She is nothing more then a "Paid Political Prapaganda Artist for the Health Insurance Companies"

And enjoyed every minute of it. Ouch! :rofl:

she was lying back when they trotted her out during the Clinton admin to kill that health care bill. I just wish people like that could experience what's it like not to be able to see a Dr.

had a "Living Will". I was told about and give a "Patients Bill of rights" which I signed for. I was asked to sign a "Health Care Proxy" The hospital seemed to do a pretty good job in explaining these thing to the point of annoyance. As far as hospice care the goal was to have a patient come home if possible. I was given the choice & the hospital arranged for hospice to provide home care & equipment. Thinking back to 2004, the hospital would rather have one die elsewhere where immediate 24 hr specialized individual care could be given. Today our Hospice provider has a wonderful facility for the patient & the family. I think it alleviates the burden from both the family & the hospital. Without a consult how would the patient of even the family know about such end of life care? Doesn't it do those involved a disservice not to have it? I'd bet if polled people will give positive feed back about Hospice & end of life care. Hospice & end of life care isn't so much about the dying as its is for the living.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MIT/content/MIT_3_2_Patients_Bill_Of_Rights.asp

her book(s). That's one of the many reasons I won't accept apologists for him who laud his VERY BELATED disaffection with Shrub. the MAIN one is that he was an apologist for Shrub when it counted. It's like with Tweety, who is a couple of notches up on redemption, Tweety has a lifetime to go before achieving it.