Sarah Palin is probably still recovering from her Christmas moose which is why we haven't heard her shrill screams of outrage yet, but end of life counseling will now be voluntarily provided to terminally ill people on medicare. This is the same care that she fatuously described as "death panels". This is sort of a strange article to be honest. Apparently, they'd really like to keep this under their hat so...shh, I guess. Don't let anyone know that the elderly will have greater autonomy over the last years of their life.
I would like to quote Dr. Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on this issue if I may:
“Using unwanted procedures in terminal illness is a form of assault,” Dr. Berwick has said. “In economic terms, it is waste. Several techniques, including advance directives and involvement of patients and families in decision-making, have been shown to reduce inappropriate care at the end of life, leading to both lower cost and more humane care.”
“We’re dying for your business!” I'm surprised this isn't working out. You'd think they'd do a stiff trade.
Wocka, wocka!
So who did you hate this year?
Hate can feel so good. It's pure and clarifying, reducing massive-firestorm issues to intensely burning torches that individuals can carry around. Hatred as a form of public service!
Talk about a rotten day! A van returning people from a funeral collided with a bus, killing 35 people.
The babies are watching you...
Oh my... The bloody mary, the bloody fairy, the virgin mary and the slutty mary. No really, there's a version called that. Comes with a sausage instead of a celery stick.
I blame the roundabouts: An elderly man was lost for four days on England's M4 after dropping his wife off at Gatwick Airport and trying to drive home. It's a proud man that JUST WON'T ASK FOR DIRECTIONS.
Wow. Leopard attack!
Finally:
Your heroes for 2010.
And your villains...
Bwah hah hah!
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