Barney Frank Demagogues “End of Life” Policy in Budget Discussion on MSNBC.
…people at the “end of life” who just want to be left alone and die peacefully. This is demagoguery because the right to refuse treatment – especially in the case of people in the final stages of a terminal illness – is a settled matter. It is illegal for a hospital to “force” life-saving or life-extending treatment that you don’t want. I give Barney Frank credit for being a pretty intelligent politician and policy wonk – in this case it was the gr…