The Best Analysis of Schiavo vis-a-vis Medicare and without the drama of Richard Poe.
The essential question: does the state really believe that Michael Schiavo is telling the truth about Terri's last wishes, or does it just want to stop paying for her without admitting that it is trying to stop paying for her?
Gary North writes:
"Schiavo's executioners are not saying up front: 'If you become a vegetable, we will vote for those who will pull the plug on you, so you had better stay healthy enough to feed yourself.'"
In other words, he thinks that the state will choose to give guardianship to whoever agrees to "pull the tube." In other words, if Schiavo's husband had wanted to keep her fed and her parents had asked for the tube to be pulled, the state would have awarded custody to the parents.
This is different from the suggestion on Steve Sailer's website that it all has to do with the qualiy of the lawyers of each side.
Of course, North also has harsh words for the "keep Terri on a feeding tube" people who are unwilling to consider the economic issues and who think that there is some magical bundle of money somewhere to pay for it all.
One of the best articles on Schiavo so far.
That is all.
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