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More rationing by government bureaucrats
Just in case you needed a reminder that having coverage does not mean getting the care you need, here’s one from the Daily Telegraph: The Government’s drug rationing watchdog says “therapeutic” injections of steroids, such as cortisone, which are used … Continue reading
Bureaucrats get the best value for themselves, not you
In defense of government rationing of medical care, philosopher Peter Singer writes: The task of health care bureaucrats is then to get the best value for the resources they have been allocated. It is the familiar comparative exercise of getting … Continue reading
Health rationing and you
Here’s a humorous (but scary) look at how government rationing of health care would look in the United States: For examples of it in Canada and Britain, Cal Thomas reviews a few recent headlines: Here is what Britons face: “Kidney … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage is not care, health care video, rationing health care
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Waiting 19 hours for emergency care in Canada
From Unfinished business, Report Card on Wait Times in Canada, published by the Wait Time Alliance: the median wait time for patients requiring an inpatient bed-that is, from the time the patient presented at the ED [emergency department] to the … Continue reading
Canadian gov’t: “no freestanding constitutional right to health care”
Bottom line: The province of British Columbia claims that there is constitutional right to health care. Yet, it’s illegal to pay a doctor for services for medical care that’s covered by the government plan. But why would you do that? … Continue reading
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Will Massachusetts authorities ration medical care?
From the New York Times: Three years ago, Massachusetts enacted perhaps the boldest state health care experiment in American history, bringing near-universal coverage to the commonwealth with Paul Revere speed. … …government and industry officials agree that the plan will … Continue reading
Distorted priorities of Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid)
When politicians decide how to spend taxpayers’ money on health care, they spend it on what is most politically popular. Linda Gorman writes that this means less emphasis on “procedures to save lives in immediate danger” and more “preventive care … Continue reading
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Tagged Linda Gorman, Medicaid, Oregon, rationing health care
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Canadian government: You’re “too old” for hip surgery
This and other disturbing reminders of what happens when government “guarantees” health care – see the article in the Wall Street Journal. via FIRM. Similar Posts: Mandatory insurance is a tax Pelosi health care bill & rationing: H1N1 vaccine an … Continue reading
Model Federal Health Board on UK’s “NICE”?
Who decides? … In health care, the question is whether you, together with your doctor, will make your most personal and important health care decisions, or whether the government will make them for you. Government-run national health care systems are … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, Federal Health Board, health care in England, rationing health care, Tom Daschle
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Krugman: Ignorant, or a Liar?
What’s easy about guaranteed health care for all? For one thing, we know that it’s economically feasible: every wealthy country except the United States already has some form of guaranteed health care. – Paul Krugman, August 10, 2008 Many pundits … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage is not care, Paul Krugman, rationing health care
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