It's not exactly a Death Panel, but it seems like it...

I heard on the news tonight that an Arizona man who has leukemia has been given a virtual death sentence because of budget cuts implemented by Gov. Jan Brewer.

The Arizona legislature, not just Gov. Brewer, made cuts to the state's Medicaid funding because federal mandates about who is now eligible for coverage have created huge cost burdens. They were forced to cut optional services, which included some transplants...including a non-family member bone marrow transplant which would likely save the life of Mark Price, father of six.

The media has brought this to light, most likely because they are not fans of Jan Brewer...because if they were honest about it, they would have to admit that when Obamacare was in process, they mocked the people who predicted that decisions would be made that would cost people their lives.

In this case, it seems that the system requires that more people are covered, at the expense of others with more uncommon problems. Arizona Attorney General, Terry Goddard, and the Democratic nominee for governor, accuses Gov. Brewer that she has not made "tough decisions; she's made mean decisions that hurt Arizona families".  So is that how the families that have gained coverage feel? That the Governor is "mean" for including them, at the expense of others? I doubt it...

I can understand the frustration and grief of the Price family...but how do you decide who gets what? If you make an exception, what will it be based on? Is one person more deserving of life than another?

While proponents of Obamacare would have us think that all our health problems can be addressed and resolved through their system, it's just not true. They would have us believe that everyone has a right to an equal outcome...It's just not possible. There is not an infinite, ever-flowing stream of funding...Choices will have to be made, and when we are dependent on one source, we have no opportunity, or freedom, to pursue our own resources...When this course is followed, eventually we do have an equality of outcomes -- and no one is happy with them.