National Health Care provisions of stimulus bill....

[Guest guest]

It turns out that the stimulus package contains much of the intent of the Obama

administration's desire to nationalize health care.  Again, there is no

" stimulus " actually involved.  The bill creates a new bureaucracy which will

monitor the treatments my doctor administers, and  " advise " if the federal

government deems that treatment " appropriate and cost effective. "   Page 464 of

the bill applies a " cost-effectiveness " standard, which factors in the life

expectancy of the patient along with the cost of the treatment.  In England,

this type of calculus means that senior citizens are often denied treatments

which are approved for younger patients.

This article does a good job of citing these provisions of the bill. 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive & sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs  The writer

also points out the " good " reasons for some of these provisions, but compares

that to how the bill goes way beyond the " good " parts.

Please note that, aside from another federal bureaucracy, there is no intent to

create jobs or otherwise " stimulate " the economy.

 

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