Let’s not kid ourselves then. For all the feigned outrage, the Obama crowd is not just willing to institute a push toward end-of-life counseling and government regulatory panels to tell us what treatments are “efficient”; it is a key feature of a nationalized health care system. A report from the UK tells us about the “Liverpool Care Pathway” for the dying patient (and maybe those not so close to dying):

“In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death. Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help doctors and medical staff deal with dying patients, they can then have fluid and drugs withdrawn and many are put on continuous sedation until they pass away. But this approach can also mask the signs that their condition is improving, the experts warn. As a result the scheme is causing a “national crisis” in patient care, the letter states.”

The health care debate has been revealing. After the dog days of August, with their backs to the wall, Obama’s minions are tipping their hand. They’d prefer a different name than “death panels,” but in their less guarded moments they confess that they would be more than happy to shut off the flow of care to the elderly, who after all have lived “complete lives.”