Must Read: 254 elderly die while waiting for Alaska state programs

[Holly_Hobby]

via C&L:

Perhaps Sarah Palin made that ridiculous statement about "Obama Death Panels" because she knew this story was going to break -- it was happening in her own state, right under her nose:

State programs intended to help disabled and elderly Alaskans with daily life -- taking a bath, eating dinner, getting to the bathroom -- are so poorly managed, the state cannot assure the health and well-being of the people they are supposed to serve, a new federal review found. The situation is so bad the federal government has forbidden the state to sign up new people until the state makes necessary improvements. No other state in the nation is under such a moratorium, according to a spokeswoman for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

In the meantime, frail and vulnerable Alaskans who desperately need the help are struggling. One elderly woman is stuck in a nursing home, for lack of care at home. Another woman, suffering from chronic pain and fatigue, said she's so weak, she often can't even pop dinner into the microwave. This is the GOP's alternative to a public or universal option. Sarah wants to talk about evil socialist plans that will kill people, but I betcha she doesn't want to talk about the hundreds of Alaskans who died waiting for these services.

A particularly alarming finding concerns deaths of adults in the programs. In one 2 1/2 year stretch, 227 adults already getting services died while waiting for a nurse to reassess their needs. Another 27 died waiting for their initial assessment, to see if they qualified for help. Read on...

In honor of the people of Alaska who died on her watch, Sarah Palin needs to stop makin' stuff up about health care reform, and apologize for screwing things up and then running away when the going got tough.

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/sarah-palin-leaving-behind-mismanaged

[EFerrari]

1. Her MO. Whatever this freak accuses us of should be a big clue

to what she has done or is doing.

[Holly_Hobby]

3. Classic projection n/t

[Shallah Kali]

9. Not just projection. Accusing others of something the person did innoculates them in the msm

and so the public mind. By accusing first it doesn't matter that it is a lie. It is on the minds of many now so when they hear more it just triggers the first accusation more than it registers that Death Panels really = Palin instead of Obama and the Dems.

[Cleita]

2. This is heartbreaking especially in Alaska where it's much tougher

to live anyway.

[Holly_Hobby]

4. It's AWFUL!

My mom had lots of help with food, bathing, housework, etc. and would have been in a nursing home at least a year earlier if she hadn't had the help from the state.

[Rex]

5. Palin and Dubya long lost siblings?

She just turns more and more into a clusterfucking jackass like George Jr. Amazing.

[Octafish]

6. 254

The "Party of Life."

Thank you for the heads-up, Holly_Hobby.

It was truth that brought an end to the Dark Ages.

[young_at_heart]

7. What's appalling is that there are still people who think she's just fine!

I've read that her poll numbers have fallen but that begs the question, why didn't they notice her craziness back then?

[progressoid]

8. This is why Repubs are afraid of gov't run programs

Whenever repubs run it, they fuck it up.

[Holly_Hobby]

10. Kick

[PA Democrat]

11. Sarah Palin is a twisted, morally bankrupt person.

Her hypocrisy makes me sick.

[Wednesdays]

12. K&R

:kick: