Rationing health care is inevitable under a government plan--how else can you save money? So who are the ones hardest hit by rationing? The elderly, and those in need of serious care with chronic or terminal conditions. So when you get right down to the basics, this plan is designed to hasten the exits of the elderly and cut off funding to the seriously ill in favor of the young and healthy. As one example, Dialysis is expensive, it has to be done often for people with failing or weak kidneys, and how do you cut the cost? Simple, you put a lifetime cap on it.
I imagine would go something like this: "Sorry Mr. Smith, but you just exceeded your lifetime cap on Dialysis treatments. Pay up out of your own pocket or we kick you out on the street to die. Or, there's this guy named Vinnie who runs a cute rate Dialysis out in the back alley for a mere pittance who will gladly let you defer payment if you leave your estate to him in your will. Have a healthy day!"
Disclaimer: the words "death panel" do not appear anywhere in this bill.
I don’t know if this is true, yet, but I have heard that there will be provisions that prohibit paying out of your own pocket for denied services. If so, this will, of course, force the services themselves to become unattainable.