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"Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius rebuffed an appeal
from Rep. Lou Barletta on behalf of a girl who needs a lung transplant
but can't get one because of a federal regulation that prevents her from
qualifying for a transplant," the Washington Examiner reports:
"Please, suspend the rules until we look at this policy,"
Barletta, a Pennsylvania Republican, asked Sebelius during
a House hearing Tuesday on behalf of Sarah Murnaghan, a
10-year-old girl who needs a lung transplant. She can't qualify
for an adult lung transplant until the age of 12, according
to federal regulations, but Sebelius has the authority to waive
that rule on her behalf. The pediatric lungs for which she
currently qualifies aren't available.
"I would suggest, sir, that, again, this is an incredibly
agonizing situation where someone lives and someone dies,"
Sebelius replied. "The medical evidence and the transplant
doctors who are making the rule--and have had the rule in
place since 2005 making a delineation between pediatric and
adult lungs, because lungs are different that [sic] other
organs--that it's based on the survivability [chances]."
Remember when PolitiFact named "death panels" the "Lie of the Year"?
Turns out they were dead right. After all, Kathleen Sebelius isn't a
panel.
--
"We�re gonna punish our enemies and we�re gonna reward our friends"
-- Barack Obama
from Rep. Lou Barletta on behalf of a girl who needs a lung transplant
but can't get one because of a federal regulation that prevents her from
qualifying for a transplant," the Washington Examiner reports:
"Please, suspend the rules until we look at this policy,"
Barletta, a Pennsylvania Republican, asked Sebelius during
a House hearing Tuesday on behalf of Sarah Murnaghan, a
10-year-old girl who needs a lung transplant. She can't qualify
for an adult lung transplant until the age of 12, according
to federal regulations, but Sebelius has the authority to waive
that rule on her behalf. The pediatric lungs for which she
currently qualifies aren't available.
"I would suggest, sir, that, again, this is an incredibly
agonizing situation where someone lives and someone dies,"
Sebelius replied. "The medical evidence and the transplant
doctors who are making the rule--and have had the rule in
place since 2005 making a delineation between pediatric and
adult lungs, because lungs are different that [sic] other
organs--that it's based on the survivability [chances]."
Remember when PolitiFact named "death panels" the "Lie of the Year"?
Turns out they were dead right. After all, Kathleen Sebelius isn't a
panel.
--
"We�re gonna punish our enemies and we�re gonna reward our friends"
-- Barack Obama
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