Health Care Decision-Makers Guided by Budgets, Not Good Health
Uncategorized November 22nd, 2009
One of the big problems with the health-care “reform” being proposed by Congress is the removal of the decision-making capacity from individuals and their physicians, and the placing of those decisions in the hands of government and insurance bureaucrats.
If you’ve ever had difficulties with getting your insurance company to pay for some medical treatment, drug, or procedure, imagine the difficulty you’re going to have when the major player in the game is a federal bureaucracy!
This article from the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal describes the problems they see with “ObamaCare.”
The Health Care Rationing Commission – WSJ.com
Like most of Europe, the various health bills stipulate that Congress will arbitrarily decide how much to spend on health care for seniors every year—and then invest an unelected board with extraordinary powers to dictate what is covered and how it will be paid for. White House budget director Peter Orszag calls this Medicare commission “critical to our fiscal future” and “one of the most potent reforms.”
The big problem with all of this is the loss of personal responsibility, and the freedom that comes from shouldering the responsibility ourselves. Whoever pays the piper calls the tune; if the government is paying, then the government can say who, when, and whether patients get the kind of health care they want.
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