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Medicare’s “global budget” & bureaucratic medical decisions
From the Wall Street Journal: Democrats are quietly attempting to impose a “global budget” on Medicare, with radical implications for U.S. medicine. … If Democrats impose such a commission nationwide, it would constitute a radical change in U.S. health care. … Continue reading
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Will health care bill bring Canadian horror stories to U.S. patients?
The Independence Institute has two new videos in its series on Obama’s health care policy proposals (as proposed by Congressional Democrats). These are two testimonials from Canadian patients who suffered while waiting months and years for medical treatment. Is this … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
If government has a “public option” for cable TV
The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest made a clever and to-the-point video showing how a “public option” would play out: (Via FIRM, State House Call) Similar Posts: Public health plan: if it were a basketball game “Public option”: … Continue reading
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Tagged health care video, humor, Public Health Plan, public option, rationing health care
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Rationing vs. choosing how to spend your own money
Ronald Bailey makes the distinction at Reason: …”rationing” depends on who is allocating the scarce resources. It’s not rationing if an individual decides to spend his money on a 16-ounce steak—but it is rationing if he can only purchase a … Continue reading
England: “Sentenced to death on the NHS”
“Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors have warned.” Read “Sentenced to death on the NHS” in the Telegraph. (via FIRM) Similar Posts: England’s NHS ‘creaking … Continue reading
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Who decides on medical care? Insurers & government, not you
In the Wall Street Journal Betsy McCaughey has written about Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s views on reducing and determining patients’ medical care. The Journal refers to Dr. Emanuel as “Obama’s Rationer-in-Chief.” His official positions are as health-policy adviser at the Office … Continue reading
Example of Oregon medical care rationing
Here’s an example of rationing medical care in Oregon: Here’s the text of the TV station’s report. (via Cato at Liberty and the Heritage Foundation) Similar Posts: Health Reform Bad Medicine: The Real Costs & Consequences of ObamaCare One more … Continue reading
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ObamaCare is all about rationing
From Martin Feldstein in the Wall Street Journal: Although administration officials are eager to deny it, rationing health care is central to President Barack Obama’s health plan. The Obama strategy is to reduce health costs by rationing the services that … Continue reading
Health Reform
In just 90 seconds this new health reform video highlights the upside-down priorities of Oregon’s Medicaid system. Lobbying groups have used the political process to push coverage for special-interest causes. This video is based on research Linda Gorman, Director of … Continue reading
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