But wait, it's not Obama's health care reform where these death panels have sprung up -- it's Arizona. Yes, Republican Arizona, folks. Facing a budget shortfall, Arizona decided to cut money from their state-federal Medicaid program, preventing poor people from receiving organ transplants.
Actually, it's quite bad PR for Arizona -- they relied on cherry-picked data that falsely showed poor prognosis for transplant recipients, and therefore Arizona's legislature determined that organ transplants were not cost-effective.
But worse, in at least a handful of cases, people who had previously been qualified by the state-run Medicaid program and had been waiting for a transplant, were suddenly denied their transplant when an organ became available.
And therein is the truth: Republicans have created Death Panels. Want to live? Bring your cash!
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