[FormerACLUmember]

What is crazy is that rich and poor alike are injured by the shutdown of medical technology development. I suspect that the rich (including Congressional democrats) WILL have access to new developments, while the rest of us are all shut out.

Another bad sign is the appointment of that evil Luddite prick, Dr. Sidney Wolfe, to a critical technology review position in the Obamination regime.

[FocusNexus]

"Report language accompanying the House stimulus bill says that "more expensive" medical products "will no longer be prescribed."

The clear implication is that the GOVERNMENT will decide what medications you can or cannot have, not your doctor.

As you said, the 'elite' will get whatever they want. This is how it worked in communism.

[Gondring]

What is crazy is that rich and poor alike are injured by the shutdown of medical technology development. I suspect that the rich (including Congressional democrats) WILL have access to new developments, while the rest of us are all shut out.

That is exactly the most important effect that I see.

Where will the world's socialists find medical advancements once we shut down the incentives for it?