If Obamacare becomes a reality, a great deal of research money will be syphoned off for other projects. The redistribution of money by government to pet projects will be very detrimental to our health.
If your QALY score isn’t high enough and you’re not important enough, no antibiotics for you.
Actually, this is the sort of problem where government support is very important: there is little market incentive to develop antibiotics compared with drugs to treat chronic conditions.