Stealth Euthanasia: Health Care Tyranny in America

Introduction

There are numerous books about the history of euthanasia and eugenics proposals in our society. This book is not one of those. It offers a rare glimpse from my experience within the end-of-life industry, my work as a patient advocate, and includes the revelations of hundreds and hundreds of people as they have recounted it to me. This book explains how we got where we are today and provides statements by many of our nation's leaders in health care, government and patient advocacy, that taken altogether form the pieces of the puzzle that reveal what has been hidden from the American public for decades: stealth euthanasia is being practiced throughout the United States and elsewhere.

I have many friends within the hospice industry who confirm what I recount here in this book, so I urge you to read through to the very end, as you have never heard all that I am about to share with you. Some of it may surprise and shock you. Some of it will trouble you, but all of it will affect what happens to you, your family and our society in the days to come.

This is the story of the intentionally "below-the-radar" changes that have been aggressively pursued in our society for decades. Because these changes are not covered by the major media in any coherent, connected way, or at all, the public has difficulty "putting a finger" on what is happening and why. They see changes here and there as situations arise in their lives, especially in health care. They hear stories about what is happening and mistakenly assume they are isolated incidents. Sometimes, they just can't believe the changes that have already been made. They seem so "foreign" to what American society is all about, and the reason they seem "foreign" is they do not arise from American Constitutional values.

Some people are frightened by these changes, changes that seem to be imposed upon society without the approval of the majority of citizens. They question the wisdom of abandoning the traditional values that formed the foundation for American life. They question the declining percentages of Americans who support the traditional value of a family (husband, wife and children), marriage (husband and wife), sanctity of life, faith in God, the value of work and the opportunity to get ahead in a free society. They wonder how we have strayed so far. They question whether we are still truly free to express our religious faith in a public setting, or even whether the dedication to "do no harm" within health care is the prevailing mindset. Shockingly, often it is not.

If you want to know what all that "death panel" talk is really all about, this is the book that explains exactly what is going on and will be going on. (Click to Continue)

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Man saves choking NYPD officer at Staten Island diner

STATEN ISLAND — An NYPD officer is OK after a man stepped in and saved his life when he started to choke at a diner in Staten Island last weekend.

It was all caught on surveillance video as the cop tried to make his way into the bathroom at the Staten Island Diner on Saturday, Dec. 16.

Pointing to the back of his neck, the officer quickly caught the attention of others in the room, including fellow diner Rob Allegre.

“I didn’t know what was going on," Allegre said. "He was just hunched over and I knew there was something going on and I asked him if he was alright."

Allegre said he immediately started the Heimlich maneuver.

"I did it three times," Allegre recalled, "and then he ended up started breathing. Yeah, yeah, I was shocked. I just did it. I didn’t even think twice. I just got up and helped him and it worked out. It was perfect."

Diner owner Akis Iliopoulos said they were just seconds away from what could have been a different outcome.

“If he would have went to the bathroom, it wouldn’t have been a good turnout," Iliopoulos said. "Because we couldn’t hear him."

So who’s the police officer? A department spokesperson told PIX11 News he wishes to remain anonymous.

Christin Sheahan, who said she’s had the Heimlich performed on her in the past, predicts there’s a good chance Allegre will be hearing from that unidentified officer very soon.

“Somebody that saves your life, you remember who they are,” Sheahan said.

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She's worked at NASA for 60 years, longer than any other woman

Susan Finley

(CNN)Sue Finley began working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory three days before the US space program launched its first satellite, four years before President John F. Kennedy declared a space race and more than a decade before men first walked the moon.

Sixty years later, at 81, she has become the agency's longest-serving woman.

Finley got her start in 1958 as a human "computer," a role predominately filled by women and popularized by last year's hit movie "Hidden Figures."

She was responsible for solving complex equations for engineers in the space program. Alongside other women mathematicians, she calculated rocket trajectories by hand.

It was not just arithmetic," Finley recalled in a NASA video on JPL's website. "It was math, and it was programming, but we didn't call it that."

Digital computers eventually replaced her hand calculations. Advancements in technology led Finley to a number of career changes at JPL.

In the 1980s, she wrote software for NASA's Deep Space Network. In more recent decades, she helped develop software for the Mars Exploration Rover missions.

Finley said watching the 1985 Vega mission, a project during which two balloons were sent into Venus' atmosphere to collect data, was the most exciting moment in her long career.

"I can remember being in the control room and looking at the screen and waiting for the blip to come," said Finley of tracking a balloon's journey to Venus. "And when it came, I actually jumped up and down."

Finley is currently a subsystem and test engineer for NASA's Deep Space Network.

In a 2008 interview with NASA, Finley said she has no plans to retire "unless things start to get really boring."

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Why older women will rule the world: The future is female, MIT expert says

If you’re a woman with a bit of life experience, you already know you’re the boss.

You’re more likely to drive health care decisions in your family, control household spending, care for millennials and elders, start a business and initiate a divorce. You have the longevity advantage over men.

In other words, you rule.

But does the world know it? Older women can sometimes feel like they’re invisible to workplaces and businesses, but they're actually the trailblazers others should be watching, says Joseph F. Coughlin, director of the AgeLab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of the new book, “The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market.”

As people get older, the future is female, he argues, with women better prepared for life after middle age than their male peers.

“One of the greatest under-appreciated sources of innovation and new business may in fact be women over 50 with new ideas, lots of life ahead of them and with the verve to get it done,” Coughlin told TODAY.

He explained why older women will rule the world.

Why the future is female:

Coughlin: Women do more. They have more education than at any time in history. They’re likely to live longer.

A woman is the researcher of the house. Women are far more likely to go online not just to do research for themselves, but be the go-to researcher for millennials, who identify their middle-aged mothers as their best friend.

She is the caregiver-in-chief. Women are caring for more parents than they had ever planned — their parents as well as their in-laws. Getting to 100 is so common now that we see birthday cards in the drugstore for centenarians. There may be three or four generations under the care of one matriarch.

A woman is the chief consumer officer of the house. She’s the one who knows what groceries are bought, what bills are being paid, how that house actually works. The majority of car purchases are directly influenced or done by women. If they’re luxury cars, the numbers go up even more. Home improvement is directed by the woman. Probably most striking is that 80-90 cents on the dollar of every healthcare decision is made by a woman.

Because of all these factors, she is likely to be the person who is closest to understanding what the new jobs and the opportunities of living longer, better are going to be.

Older women are driving relationships:

Coughlin: The number one divorce rate in the country is among the 50-plus, mostly initiated by the woman.

When we talk to men about what they think retirement is going to be, it’s almost celebratory: If they’ve saved their money, they see it as a time to play golf, take that trip, buy that new car. And they often talk about spending time with their wives.

I can’t tell you how many women have told me, ‘I don’t know who this man is on my couch but I wish he would just go and get a job. I have routines, I have things to do and he’s always there and he’s always asking me what to do next.’

I think men, particularly those of us over 50, need to up our game. We really have to take a lesson from women that life is more than work; that we need to develop new interests and keep that romance going.

The relationship began decades earlier based upon what you brought to the table and what you created together. Suddenly in older age, men get so caught into a routine — partly because of our employment and lifestyle — that they forget that they need to continue to be exciting and delighting.

Older women are changing the workplace:

Coughlin: The new women’s movement is entrepreneurship.

When you’re young, you’re willing to join a large corporation and put up with the bureaucracy. You do not have the patience to put up with that later on. By the time you’re 40, 50 or 60, chances are you’ve raised a family, managed a home, you’ve got an education, and you have already done your corporate gig.

What we’re starting to see is that older women may be hitting a wall in many major corporations, and that is the corporations’ loss. They are becoming engines of innovation in their own right by starting consulting companies, new stores and online sites.

How women should prepare for living their best life after middle age:

Coughlin: Save money. Try to amass as many resources as possible.

Take a cue from your mother’s generation and recognize social connections are as important as your financial wellbeing. Maintain that network of support — not just of people who can do something for you, but something that gives you meaning to life and engagement over the long term.

Ask yourself: What are the little things that make you smile every day? Do you have access to them? Can you afford them? More importantly, can you identify them? Things that will give you quality of life over 100 years, not just the ability to live 100 years.

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