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Sunday, March 20, 2005

George W. Bush Let Sun Hudson Die
Posted by Jill | 8:00 AM

Let me just reiterate, for those who didn't read my post about Terri Schiavo: A Texas law allows doctors to remove life support from if the hospital ethics committee agrees, and after a 10-day period in which the family may seek another facility.

The ugly underbelly of this was revealed days before life support was removed from Sun Hudson, when the Chief Medical Officer at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston said that a patient's inability to pay for medical care combined with a prognosis that renders further care futile are two reasons a hospital might suggest cutting off life support.

The latter I don't have a problem with, but the former is downright horrifying -- and another reason why the health care system MUST be revamped in this country.

Atrios, from whence this story comes, notes that it was George W. Bush who signed the bill which put this law into effect. Yes, that George W. Bush, the one who touts himself as always being on the side of human life. But this decision is consistent with Bush's worldview on life in general. Fetal life is always important. Iraqi life is NEVER important. And the lives of everyone else depend on their ability to pay.
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