XPost: uk.people.disability, uk.politics.misc, uk.people.health   
   XPost: alt.politics.british   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <1138363179.198435.302240@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, DRA   
    writes   
      
   >Whoever pays the doctors fees in the UK, will determine who is going   
   >survive and who will not.   
      
   >Since the 'Liberal government in British Columbia passed the exact same   
   >kind of legislation in 2002, there has been more than 6,000 deaths of   
   >people with disabilities.  These deaths of people with serious   
   >disabilities are a direct result of their reckless disregard for our   
   >health and safety, in passing this legislation, and duping an   
   >unsuspecting public into going along for the ride.   
   >   
   >Please take note, before jumping to the conclusion that any government   
   >has the disabled's best interests in mind or heart....   
   >   
   >DRA   
   >   
   >Advocate Calls for Inquiry Into Deaths   
   >by, Staff Writer Andrew MacLeod   
   >   
   >The organizer of the Disabled Rights Alliance, Steve Palmer,   
   >says the ministry of employment and income assistance is trying   
   >to " dismiss and misdirect attention " away from the deaths of   
   >people receiving welfare and other support from the ministry.   
   >   
   >Last week Monday reported that the ministry has refused to   
   >investigate the deaths of 6,065 people on the ministry's caseload   
   >between June, 2002 and January, 2005, citing privacy concerns   
   >and a $20,000 price tag to compare the files with cause-of-death   
   >information from the health ministry.   
   >   
   >Palmer writes in an e-mail, " When there is an obvious relationship   
   >with the ministry responsible for the maintenance and support   
   >of people who die, because their circumstances are compromised   
   >by the very ministry in question, why would anyone with common   
   >sense expect a straight answer from the people responsible for   
   >their deaths?   But it is a very good question indeed!"   
   >   
   >Ultimately, he says, it's the politicians who need to answer for   
   >what's happening, especially given the changes made to the   
   >welfare system by premier Gordon Campbell's Liberal   
   >government in 2002.   " They were clearly warned...that people   
   >would die as a result of the irresponsible actions of passing   
   >this kind of legislation."   
   >   
   >The minister of employment and income assistance, Claude   
   >Richmond, has been unavailable despite numerous requests   
   >for an interview.   
   >   
   >Andrew MacLeod   
   >E-mail: editorial@mondaymag.com   
   >   
   >From: Monday Magazine, Victoria   
   >British Columbia, Canada   
   >Published: January 11, 2006   
   >   
   >Posted in Internet groups by,   
   >DISABLED RIGHTS ALLIANCE   
   >A Non-Government Organization   
   >Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   
   >E-mail: D_R_A@telus.net   
   >   
   >"Nothing About Us...Without Us...In The Internet Global Village"   
      
   Thanks for this. It doesn't surprise me. The idea that among registered   
   disabled people there is a mass of 'scroungers' who must be rooted out   
   and stopped from being a 'burden' on 'decent people' is of course   
   deeply, deeply fascist.   
      
   Also note that the idea that 'everyone' is going to be offered an 'MOT'   
   'health' check-up is largely about insurance companies getting their   
   hands on masses of information so as to set premiums.   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)