“Pulling the Plug on Grandma”

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And you thought the death panels debate had subsided:

The National Republican Congressional Committee is circulating a video of state Rep. Gary McDowell, the Democratic nominee in the race to replace retiring Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak (D), showing McDowell discussing the cost of health care in the last three months of life….

“We’re not going to be able to provide for our children’s education, we’re not going to be able to provide all the other things in life that we need to do first as a society, because we are taking so much money for health care at the end of life and the reason is, because I’ve mentioned to you before, our whole health care system is based upon procedures, doing these things on real expensive gadgets and whistles and bells,” McDowell said at a forum.

The clip, which lasts more than two and a half minutes, includes an unidentified panelist who discusses the “inconvenient truth” that tough choices need to be made about end of life care. McDowell adds that a limited number of resources need to be allocated for social programs such as health care, education and the environment.

It seems that Gray McDowell supports pulling the plug on Grandma because her health care is too expensive,” said NRCC spokesman Tom Erickson. “Where an ailing person may see a new lease on life, career politician McDowell sees a ‘real expensive gadget’ with too many ‘whistles and bells’. If Michigan families are going to keep their loved ones safe, they need to keep McDowell and his extremist views far from Washington.”

A McDowell spokesman countered that he is concerned about keeping health care affordable for everyone.

Via TWS.