I need information on Obama's healthcare vs. Oregon's.

[Frustratedlady]

A RW'r has proposed the following scenario regarding the healthcare system being fashioned after one in Oregon which has denied chemo benefits to cancer
sufferers, offering to treat them instead with hospice and assisted
suicide.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67565

I'm not familiar with this website, but ran across it earlier today on some subject and can't find it again. I assume it is a RW site.

My question is whether or not this charge against Oregon's healthcare system is true? I could use some help in refuting this argument against Obama's h/c system, as the RW'r stated Obama's healthcare was being fashioned after the Oregon system.

[TahitiNut]

1. "wnd" = World Nazi Daily -- the sponsor of the birther billboards.

:puke:

Folks that drag THEIR insidious trash into this forum are suspect, to say the least. :eyes:

[Frustratedlady]

3. Thank you! That's where I saw the name today.

I couldn't remember (so many articles...so much to remember), but do recall thinking that had to be a RW rag.

I figured as much, considering where this comment originally came from. He is baiting me on another group.

Thank you for pointing this out for what it is.

[stevedeshazer]

2. I live in Oregon. This information is bullshit.

We have voted in (twice) the Death With Dignity Act, which is not, as it is commonly labeled, "assisted suicide".

There is no connection between the Oregon Health Plan and the Death With Dignity Act.

Ironically, World Nut Daily originates in Oregon (Medford, home to many right wing nuts) and they know damned well this is not true.

Oregon Health Plan website: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/healthplan/about_us.shtml

Death With Dignity Act: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/index.shtml

About World Net Daily: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldNetDaily

WND features content by writers such as Aaron Klein, White House Correspondent Lester Kinsolving, and Staff Writer Jerome Corsi. The website's Commentary page features editorials from the site's founder, Joseph Farah and other social conservative authors such as Pat Buchanan, Ann Coulter, David Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and Chuck Norris. It also features weekly columns by libertarians Walter Williams.

These people are all crazy.

[Frustratedlady]

4. Thank you for your post. That is exactly what I needed to refute this poster...

although I know he'll never believe it.

After seeing the list of contributors, I can see that is a RW mouthpiece. I now know why the name of the site rang a bell.

Thanks again!