The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s “death panel” so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their “level of productivity in society,” whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.

You know what is really downright evil? Purposely making up ridiculous accusations to scare people and to dash any chance of reforming a system that doesn’t work for millions of Americans.   This  spreading of disinformation is the work of someone intellectually challenged and lazy and amounts to nothing  more than an effort to create hysteria among the right wing fringe.   If you can’t attack a bill with something it does say you should keep your mouth shut.

And who does she credit for giving her this information? The OTHER looney tune. Rep. Michelle Bachmann.

Rep. Michele Bachmann highlighted the Orwellian thinking of the president’s health care advisor, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of the White House chief of staff, in a floor speech to the House of Representatives. I commend her for being a voice for the most precious members of our society, our children and our seniors.

I took a screen shot of her Facebook account as I refuse to link to it.

The National Down Syndrome Congress rightly points out that those with Down Syndrome have problems getting insurance because of a pre-existing condition. At least the national public option would prevent insurance companies from excluding coverage for the pre-existing condition of Down Syndrome.

For those people with Down syndrome who do have congential or other health conditions requiring medical intervention, insurance companies have denied them access because of their preexisting conditions. SOURCE

Isn’t that something the loon from Alaska should be aware of? And isn’t she the one that said her children shouldn’t be used for political purposes.  And suggesting that the public option would call for death panels hurts the very people she said she wanted to help.

For Palin to suggest that the public option includes a “death panel” hurts the very people who most need the ability to get insurance that was previously denied to them for pre-existing conditions.   The parents of other Down Syndrome children have a hard enough road to travel as it is, they need real information and options and not fear mongering lies.

Hat tip to TPM for the original story.