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Pelosi health care bill & rationing: H1N1 vaccine an example

If you want a taste of what more politically-controlled medicine would look like, check out this story from MSNBC about how Wall Street executives have access while others wait.

The Wall Street Journal also reports:

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged health officials around the country Thursday to ensure swine-flu vaccine is getting to high-risk groups, after criticism erupted over distribution to some Wall Street firms.

For an excellent post on government control of vaccines and the shortages it creates, see: Vaccine “Public Option Plan” Has Produced Shortages of Vaccines.

(Via Patients First)

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