Who says that Government-run/supplied health care will lead to rationing and with-held care?

Hawaii, apparently.

You see, Hawaii is feeling a bit o’ pinch in the ol’ pocketbook, and when that happens, you save money where you can…

I’m not shocked, mind you…  Hawaii had a problem when they first instituted their state-supplied “insurance” system – apparently people like things on the cheap, so people with good-paying jobs were dropping employer plans in favor of the bargain-basement rates offered by the state.  It was “only” for kids, but after 7 months they had to drop the “free” (to the recipient, of course someone has to pay the bill) plan because everyone and their cousin was on it, and it was bankrupting the state.

And thus we arrive at things like this:

They held no public hearings and didn’t clearly state the ramifications to those most impacted. They just decided to save fifteen million bucks by withholding lifesaving care.

Public health care – you’re in good hands, oh yeah!The issue is mildly complex given established

public health care obligations as a result of nuclear tests in the Pacific Islands some time back. But the action the government attempted is very clear. When it came time to cut costs because of budget issues, the government attempted to withhold life saving health care under a plan called Basic Health Hawaii.

Awesome.  Thankfully, the AP reports that a judge as temporarily halted the plan, which was to go into effect Tuesday (yesterday).

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Hawaii’s government must continue providing lifesaving dialysis and chemotherapy treatments to Pacific island migrants suffering from kidney disease and cancer.

U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright granted a temporary restraining order preventing the state from instituting a new, limited health insurance program intended to save $15 million. The new health program was scheduled to start Tuesday.

Now, it is possible that the injunction is due to the fact that there was little or no notice for this shift in policy, and that the state will be allowed to continue with it’s plan of letting people die to save some cash.  It’s possible, but I hope not.

And if this isn’t a sign of what will eventually happen under a federal plan, I don’t know what is.

But don’t mention Death Panels…  Thay’re just a construction of those fear-mongering Palinites.