Palin, apparently an irrelevant quitter yet strangely powerful typer, forces the Senate to do the right thing with two Facebook posts. This is called leadership and will prevail regardless of the medium. It also speaks to the impact and import of Palin’s positions despite the establishments, both political and media, insistence (aka strange, misplaced hope) that she’s irrelevant.

Where Palin

Palin responded again last night on Facebook to attacks on her exposure of the Death Panels as part of Obama’s DeathCare agenda. This time she did it with a hard slap at the Obama admin and viola, after being derided as “nuts” and out-of-touch, Grassley of the Senate Finance Committee made this statement today:

Finance Committee drops end-of-life provision

The Senate Finance Committee will drop a controversial provision on consultations for end-of-life care from its proposed healthcare bill, its top Republican member said Thursday.

The committee, which has worked on putting together a bipartisan healthcare reform bill, will drop the controversial provision after being derided as “death panels” to encourage euthanasia by conservatives.

“On the Finance Committee, we are working very hard to avoid unintended consequences by methodically working through the complexities of all of these issues and policy options,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a statement. “We dropped end-of-life provisions from consideration entirely because of the way they could be misinterpreted and implemented incorrectly.”

Thank God Sarah Palin has a laptop and is inclined to type, type, type, send! Without that, Grassley makes it clear the political class (R & D alike) would have codified the idea that seniors should die as soon as possible. You know, to help the budget.

Run, baby, run!

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  1. haley2222 says:

    A big salute to Sarah Palin! America is so blessed to have her. She truly is a bright light in all the darkness of the Obama Empire. President Sarah Palin 2012 – I hope so! 🙂

  2. timpeck says:

    Soundtrack for a victory: http://snipr.com/ptjus

  3. mrcarter says:

    Way to go Sarah!
    I swear, this country is overflowing with pride.
    Just wait until shes in the white house, Talk about Camelot!

  4. wilde1 says:

    I am confident that Palin posting the details of the house bill motivated the Senate’s removal of end of life consultations. I kept hoping Fox News would flash up the page number and details of certain sections of the 1000 page bill. There are much more parts to the bill that need be pointed out to the public. The parts that state private insurance holders will have to move to public option if there is any change to your job place or benefii change. There will be a section on your tax return that you will have to prove you have insurance coverage or else you have to pay a penalty. Someone with a $30,000 salary, will have to pay $2000.00-$3,000 penalty. I hope Gov. Palin puts more of these details on Facebook.

  5. JamesKrewson says:

    Obama just got served… Palin uses Facebook to help remove “end-of-life” provisions? WOW! Now she should work on ripping the rest of this bill apart, piece by bloody piece.

  6. Palin2012 says:

    Thank you Sarah Palin for standing up to the misleading rhetoric coming from the mouths of Urkel and his cohorts. It is obvious that none of the republicans have the “guts” or intelligence to challenge them on the specific points of this horrible piece of legislation. It makes me wonder if any of the in Washington have read a single page of this! In town hall meetings, we Americans (now referred to as the “Mob”) know about these Government mandates and are constantly shouted down by people who have no idea what is in this bill.

    Thank YOU for getting someone to finally listen!

  7. MRFIXIT says:

    Yes! The vile, irrelevent incosequential quitter scores another victory. She, and we all need to point out the inequities of the tort system, to make tort reform (or lack thereof) a deal breaker for this bill. Urkel seems to be ready to throw anyone under the bus for this bill, so how many trial lawyers can there be?

  8. franknitti says:

    If Urkel and his goons aren’t scared to death of Sarah Palin, they need to be. If the milksops who run the Republican Party aren’t scared to death of Sarah Palin, they need to be. If the egg-suckers in the media think she’s a finished politician they need to think again. She might just have buried Obama Scare once and for all.

  9. Tinker says:

    If this is a sign of things to come, then the trend is going our way… but we must get rid of this proposal completely. They can still reach their goal without that specific part of the bill in place.

  10. […] 5: Well that’s out of the Bill. Victory lap for Sarah Palin, not bad for “an irrelevant quitter”, Exit question for Joe and Mika: Would this have been removed from the bill if Palin & […]

  11. […] Bruce: Palin Power: Senate Removes ‘End of Life’ Provisions Palin responded again last night on Facebook to attacks on her exposure of the Death Panels as part […]

  12. navajosierra says:

    I would like to see Sarah, or someone from our side, hire an auditorium and staff, print out copies of THE BILL, and go over it line by line – a public reading, with discussion – which should cause the media to cover it, because it would be such a unique event. All the crap has to come out of this bill. In fact, they should just toss it and start all over. I am learning so much from researching everything about this bill, it makes my skin crawl! I have learned just this week that the bioethics think tank at the National Institute of Health, where Rahm Emanuel’s brother Ezekiel is a fellow, is busy developing health rationing policy, likely even while I am writing this email. Our government is just an utter freak show! Sarah was right – the bill is evil — and I believe there are specific evil people running the show here! It is bizarre to believe that we are even arguing this point: whether or not each individual has a right to choose life! It is like a bad science fiction movie, complete with the zombies. Ugh!

    • mrcarter says:

      Talk about being of one mind, I was thinking the exact same thing.
      I have a list of items from the bill and if everyone in a townhall meeting could just go down that list one item at a time and make a checkmark (yes, they like it or no they dont) and at the end just count up which they have more of, either yes’s or no’s and then just tell whoever the representative is to go and relay the message to the fools on the hill, then they wouldnt have to listen to all of us evil-mongering, racist, right wing mobster grandma’s and grandpa’s shouing at them.
      A win win for everybody. We get our point across and delivered and they dont have to change their diapers after soiling themselves.

      • mrcarter says:

        Here is a list. why not try to go through it and see how many yes or no answers you come up with?
        I bet I can guess.

        ==============================
        Sec. 113, Pg. 21-22 of the Health Care (HC) Bill MANDATES a government audit of the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self-insure in order to “ensure that the law does not provide incentives for small and mid-size employers to self-insure”!

        • Sec. 122, Pg. 29, Lines 4-16 – YOUR HEALTH CARE WILL BE RATIONED!

        • Sec. 123, Pg. 30 – THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE deciding what treatments and benefits you get.

        • Sec. 142, Pg. 42 – The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits for you. You have no choice!

        • Sec. 152, Pg. 50-51 – HC will be provided to ALL NON-US citizens.

        • Sec. 163, Pg. 58-59 beginning at line 5 – Government will have real-time access to individual’s finances & a National ID health care card will be issued!

        • Sec. 163, Pg. 59, Lines 21-24 – Government will have direct access to your bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.

        • Sec. 164, Pg. 65 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations (ACORN).

        • Sec. 201, Pg. 72, Lines 8-14 – Government is creating an HC Exchange to bring private plans under government control.

        • Sec. 203, Pg. 84 – Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private Health Care plans in the exchange.

        • Sec. 203, Pg. 85, Line 7 – Specifications of benefit levels for plans means that the government will define your HC plan and has the ability to ration your health care!

        • Sec. 205, Pg. 95, Lines 8-18 – The government will use groups (i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps) to “inform and educate” (sign up) individuals for government plan.

        • Sec. 205, Pg. 102, Lines 12-18 – Medicaid-eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No freedom to choose.

        • Sec. 223, Pg. 124, Lines 24-25 – No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No “administrative of judicial review” against a government monopoly.

        • Sec. 225, Pg. 127, Lines 1-16 – Doctors – the government will tell YOU what you can make. “The Secretary shall provide for the annual participation of physicians under the public health insurance option, for which payment may be made for services furnished during the year.”

        • Sec. 312, Pg. 145, Lines 15-17 – Employers MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.

        • Sec. 313, Pg. 149, Lines 16-23 – ANY employer with payroll $400,000 and above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.

        • Sec. 313, Pg. 150, Lines 9-13 – Businesses with payroll between $251,000 and $400,000 who do not provide public option pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.

        • Sec. 401.59B, Pg. 167, Lines 18-23 – ANY individual who does not have acceptable care, according to government, will be taxed 2.5% of income.

        • Sec. 59B, Pg. 170, Line 1 – Any NONRESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay for their health care.)

        • Sec. 431, Pg. 195, Lines 1-3 – Officers and employees of HC Administration (government) will have access to ALL Americans’ financial and personal records.

        • Sec. 441, Pg. 203, Lines 14-15 – “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.” Yes, it says that.

        • Sec. 1121, Pg. 239, Lines 14-24 – The government will limit and reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income and poor are the ones affected.

        • Sec. 1121, Pg. 241, Lines 6-8 – Doctors, it does not matter what specialty you have; you’ll all be paid the same. “Service categories established under this paragraph shall apply without regard to the specialty of the physician furnishing the service.”

        • Sec. 1122, Pg. 253, Lines 10-23 – The government “validates work relative value units” (sets value of doctor’s time), professional judgment, methods etc. (defining the value of humans).

        • Sec. 1131, Pg. 265 – Government mandates and controls productivity for private HC industries. “Incorporating Productivity Improvements into Market Basket Updates that Do Not Already Incorporate Such Improvements.”

        • Sec. 1141, Pg. 268 – The government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.

        • Sec. 1145, Pg. 272 – Treatment of certain cancer hospitals: Cancer patients and their treatment are open to rationing!

        • Sec. 1151, Pg. 280 – The government will penalize hospitals for what government deems preventable readmissions (incentives for hospital to not treat and release).

        • Sec. 1151, Pg. 298, Lines 9-11 – Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission and the government will penalize you for that action.

        • Sec. 1156, Pg. 317, Lines 13-20 – “PROHIBITION on physician ownership or Investment.” Government tells doctors what/how much they can own.

        • Sec. 1156, Pg. 317-318, Lines 21-25, 1-3 – “PROHIBITION on Expansion of Facility Capacity.” The government will mandate that hospitals cannot expand (“number of operating rooms or beds”).

        • Sec. 1156, Pg. 321, Lines 2-13 – Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input required.

        • Sec. 1162, Pg. 335-339, Lines 16-25 – The government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures. Rationing.

        • Sec. 1162, Pg. 341, Lines 3-9 – The government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans (Part B), HMOs, etc. This will force people into a government plan.
        “The Secretary may determine not to identify a Medicare Advantage plan if the Secretary has identified deficiencies in the plan’s compliance with rules for such plans under this part.”

        • Sec. 1177, Pg. 354 – Government will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people! “Extension of Authority of Special Needs Plans to Restrict Enrollment.”

        • Sec. 1191, Pg. 379 – Government creates more bureaucracy – “Telehealth Advisory Committee.” HC by phone or the Internet – dial 1 for your health care advice?

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 4-12 – Government mandates Advance (Death) Care Planning consultation. Think Senior Citizens and end of life. END-OF-LIFE COUNSELING. SOME IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED RATIONING HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 17-19 – Government WILL instruct and consult regarding living wills and durable powers of attorney. Mandatory end-of-life planning!

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 425-426, Lines 22-25, 1-3 – Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 427, Lines 15-24 – Government mandates program for orders for life-sustaining treatment (i.e. end of life). The government has a say in how your life ends.

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 1-9 – An “advanced care planning consult” will be used as patient’s health deteriorates.

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 10-12 – “Advanced Care Consultation” may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans – from the government.

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 13-25 – The government will specify which Doctors (professional authority under state law includes Nurse Practitioners or Physician’s Assistants) can write an end-of-life order.

        • Sec. 1233, Pg. 430, Lines 11-15 – The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life, according to preset methods (not individually decided).

        • Sec. 1302, Pg. 468, Lines 16-21 – “Community-Based Home Medical Services means a nonprofit community-based or state-based organization.”

        • Sec. 1302, Pg. 472, Lines 14-17 – PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION: One monthly payment to a community-based organization. Like ACORN?

        • Sec. 1308, Pg. 489 – The government will cover Marriage and Family therapy. This will involve government control of your marriage.

        • Sec. 1308, Pg. 494-498 – The government will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating and rationing those services.

        • Sec. 1401, Pg. 502 – Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established. Big Brother is watching how your treatment works.

        • Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 13-19 – The government will build registries and data networks from YOUR electronic medical records. “The Center may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section.”

        • Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 21-25 – The government may secure data directly from any department or agency of the US, including your data.

        • Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 21-25 – The “Center” will collect data both “published and unpublished” (that means public & your private information).

        • Sec. 1401, Pg. 506, Lines 19-21 – An “Appointed Clinical Perspective Advisory Panel” will advise The Center and recommend policies that would allow for public access of data.

        • Sec. 1401, Pg. 518, Lines 21-25 – The Commission will have input from HC consumer representatives.

        • Sec. 1411, Pg. 524, Lines 18-22 – Establishes the “Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund.” More taxes for ALL.

        • Sec. 1441, Pg. 621, Lines 20-25 – The government will define “NEW Quality” measures in HC. Since when does government know about quality?

        • Sec. 1442, Pg. 622, Lines 2-9 – To pay for the Quality Standards, government will transfer money from “qualified entities” (government Trust Funds) to other government Trust Funds. More Taxes.

        • Sec. 1442, Pg. 624, Lines 19-23 – Qualified Entities: “The Secretary shall ensure that the entity is a public, nonprofit or academic institution with technical expertise in the area of health quality measurement.”

        • Sec. 1442, Pg. 623, Lines 5-10 – “Quality” measures shall be designed to assess outcomes and functional status of patients.

        • Sec. 1442, Pg. 623, Lines 15-17 – “Quality” measures shall be designed to profile you, including race, age, gender, place of residence, etc.

        • Sec. 1443, Pg. 628 – The government will give “Multi-Stake Holders” pre-rulemaking input into selection of “quality” measures.

        • Sec. 1443, Pg. 630-31, Lines 9-24, 1-9 – Those Multi-Stake Holder groups include unions and groups like ACORN deciding what constitutes quality.

        • Sec. 1444, Pg. 632, Lines 14-25 – The government may implement any “Quality measure” of HC services that bureaucrats see fit.

        • Sec. 1444, Pg. 632-333, Lines 14-25, 1-9 – The Secretary may issue nonendorsed “Quality Measures” for physician and dialysis services.

        • Sec. 1251 (beginning), Pg. 634 to 652 – “Physician Payments Sunshine Provision” – government wants to shine sunlight on Doctors but not government. “Reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors . . . and between physicians and other health care entities.”

        • Sec. 1501 (beginning), Pg. 659-670 – Doctors in Residency – government will tell you where your residency will be, thus where you’ll live.

        • Sec. 1503 (beginning), Pg. 675-685 – Government will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency programs, including teaching hospitals.

        • Sec. 1601 (beginning), Pg. 685-699 – Increased funding to fight waste, fraud, and abuse. (Like the government with an $18 million website?)

        • Sec. 1619, Pg. 700-703 – If your part of HC plan isn’t in the government’s HC Exchange but you qualify for federal aid, you don’t have to pay.

        • Sec. 1128G, Pg. 704-708 – If the Secretary determines there is a “significant risk of fraudulent activity,” on HC provider or supplier, the government can do a background check.

        • Sec. 1632, Pg. 710, Lines 8-14 – The Secretary has broad powers to deny HC providers and suppliers admittance into HC Exchange. Your doctor could be thrown out of business.

        • Sec. 1637, Pg. 718-719 – ANY Doctor who orders durable medical equipment or home medical services is REQUIRED to be enrolled in, or eligible for, Medicare.

        • Sec. 1639, Pg. 721 – Government MANDATES that Doctors must have face-to-face with patient to certify patient for home health services.

        • Sec. 1639, Pg. 723-24, Lines 23-25, 1-5 – The same government certifications will apply to Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s health plan: Your kids).

        • Sec. 1640, Pg. 723, Lines 16-22 – The government reserves right to apply face-to-face certification for patient to ANY other HC service.

        • Sec. 1651, Pg. 734, Lines 16-25 – Proposes, for law enforcement sake, that the Secretary of HHS will give Attorney General access to ALL medical data.

        • Sec. 1701 (beginning), Pg. 739-756 – The government sets guidelines for subsidizing the uninsured (and you have to pay for them).

        • Sec. 1704, Pg. 756-761 – The government will shift burden of payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) to states (your taxes).

        • Sec. 1711, Pg. 764 – The government will require preventative services – including vaccinations (no choice).

        • Sec. 1713, Pg. 768 – Government-determined Nurse Home Visitation Services (Hello union paybacks).

        • Sec. 1713, Pg. 768, Lines 3-5 – Nurse Home Visit Services – Service #1: “Improving maternal or child health and pregnancy outcomes or increasing birth intervals between pregnancies.” Compulsory ABORTIONS?

        • Sec. 1713, Pg. 768, Lines 11-14 – Nurse Home Visit Services include determinations of economic self-sufficiency, employment advancement and school-readiness.

        • Sec. 1714, Pg. 769 – Federal government mandates eligibility for State Family Planning Services. Abortion and government control intertwined.

        • Sec. 1733, Pg. 788-798 – Government will set and mandate drug prices, therefore controlling which drugs are brought to market. (Goodbye innovation and private research.)

        • Sec. 1744, Pg. 796-799 – Establishes PAYMENTS for graduate medical education. The government will now control your doctor’s education.

        • Sec.1751, Pg. 800 – The government will decide which Health Care conditions will be paid. Say “RATION!”

        • Sec. 1759, Pg. 809 – Billing Agents, clearinghouses, or other alternate payees are required to register. The government takes over private payment systems too.

        • Sec. 1801, Pg. 819-823 – The Government will identify individuals “likely to be ineligible” for subsidies. Will access all personal financial information.

        • Sec. 1802, Pg. 823-828 – Government sets up Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund. Another bottomless tax pit.

        • Sec. 4375, Pg. 828-832, Lines 12-16 – Government will impose a fee on ALL private health insurance plans, including self-insured, to pay for Trust Fund!

        • Sec. 4377, Pg. 835, Lines 11-13 – Fees imposed by government for Trust Fund shall be treated as if they were taxes.

        • Sec. 440, Pg. 837-839 – The government will design and implement Home Visitation Program for families with young kids and families that are expecting children.

        • Sec. 1904, Pg. 843-844 – This Home Visitation Program includes the government coming into your house and teaching/telling you how to parent!

        • Sec. 2002, Pg. 858 – The government will establish a Public Health Fund at a cost of $88,800,000,000 (That’s Billions).

        • Sec. 2201, Pg. 864 – The government will MANDATE the establishment of a National Health Service Corps.

        o Sec. 2201 – “Fulfillment of Obligated Service Requirement”

        o Sec. 2201, Pg. 864-875 – The NHS Corps is a program where Doctors perform mandatory HC for 2 years for partial loan repayment.

        • Sec. 2212, Pg. 875-891 – The government takes over the education of Medical students and Doctors through education and loans.

        • Sec. 340L, Pg. 897 – The government will establish a Public Health Workforce Corps to ensure an adequate supply of public health professionals.

        • Sec. 340L, Pg. 897 – The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of civilian employees of the United States as Secretary deems necessary.

        • Sec. 340L, Pg. 897 – The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of officers of Regular and Reserve Corps of Service.

        • Sec. 340M, Pg. 899 – The Public Health Workforce Corps includes veterinarians. Will animals have heath care too?

        • Sec. 2233, Pg. 909 – The government will develop, build and run Public Health Training Centers.

        • Sec. 2241, Pg. 912-913 – Government starts a HC affirmative action program under the guise of diversity scholarships.

        • Sec. 2251, Pg. 915 – Government MANDATES cultural and linguistic competency training for HC professionals.

        • Sec. 3111, Pg. 931 – The government will establish a Preventative and Wellness Trust fund, with initial cost of $30,800,000,000 (Billions more).

        • Sec. 3121, Pg. 934, Lines 21-22 – Government will identify specific goals and objectives for prevention and wellness activities. More control of your life.

        • Sec. 3121, Pg. 935, Lines 1-2 – The government will develop “Healthy People & National Public Health Performance Standards.” They will tell us what to eat?

        • Sec. 3131, Pg. 942, Lines 22-25 – “Task Force on Community Preventive Services.” More government? Under the Offices of Surgeon General, Public Health Services, Minority Health and Women’s Health.

        • Sec. 3141, Pg. 949-979 – BIG GOVERNMENT core public health infrastructure includes workforce capacity, lab systems, health information systems, etc.

        • Sec. 2511, Pg. 992 – Government will establish school-based “health” clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!

        • Sec. 399Z-1, Pg. 993 – School-Based Health Clinics will be integrated into the school environment. More government brainwashing in school.

        • Sec. 2521, Pg. 1000 – The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry. Will you be tracked?
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        I would guess ALL NO’s, am I right?

  13. Artgal says:

    Yes, I am absolutely thrilled at the leadership position Palin is taking. But what we have to be very careful because Sen. Grassley is making some interesting comments and believe me, he’s going to paint this as victory for HIM!

    Grassley had the nerve to say that the reason the bill was stalled in congress was because of HIS efforts! Wow – I thought it was because of the relentless phone calls, emails, letters, faxes, townhall visits BEFORE the recess! I had no idea that Chuck Grassley was the big organizer behind these townhalls – he was so well hidden from view along w/ the rest of the GOP. Must be some of that Steele Strategy. While you and I have been organizing, being shouted down, criticized, called horrible names, threatened and in some cases physically attacked, Grassley sees himself as the grand savior of the moment totally oblivious to the hard work we have put in to breakdown this bill, hold people accountable, let them know we are here and not going away, and getting info disbursed all across the country. What GOP site has done that?

    Interesting how Palin has been the ONLY high profile figure who ‘gets it’ and is in tune with US! She has been made fun of for having a genuine concern for her loved ones and this nation under Obamacare, and she has made all those detractors wet their pants today!

    Before Grassley gets too confident in his mysterious powers, call his office/write and bring him back to earth. You can reach this mothbag at: http://grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm

  14. Hannibal says:

    Emperor Nero’s reign ends in 2012, President Sarah Palin will clean up his mess.

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