Are you aware of the rationing of health care for seniors that was slipped into the stimulus bill? Do you wonder why you've heard very little or nothing about it? And why it's included in this so-called stimulus bill. Maybe you're young and it won't affect you, but how do you feel about the effect it will have on your parents or grandparents. I was hoping to live to a ripe old age, but feel that is a lot less likely if Pelosi and Congress have their way.
See below excerpts published Feb. 9 in the Bloomberg Press, Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan: Betsy McCaughey, Commentary by Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of New York and an adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
"One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446).
These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”
"Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful users” of the new system will face penalties. “Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of meaningful use over time” (511, 518, 540-541)"
"What penalties will deter your doctor from going beyond the electronically delivered protocols when your condition is atypical or you need an experimental treatment? The vagueness is intentional. In his book, Daschle proposed an appointed body with vast powers to make the “tough” decisions elected politicians won’t make." "The stimulus bill does that, and calls it the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (190-192). The goal, Daschle’s book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs. He praises Europeans for being more willing to accept “hopeless diagnoses” and “forgo experimental treatments,” and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system."
"Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be m ore accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt. Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464). "
"The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis."
You can read the whole article here. Bloomberg
Let's not forget, last week ago Nancy Pelosi defended giving hundreds of millions of dollars to family planning services as part of the stimulus package. Basically, fewer children reduces the cost to the state.
But I'm pretty sure we'll be giving illegals access to free nationalized health care.
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