[John the Savage]

If Obamacare is completely implemented, doctors will no longer be practicing medicine. They will instead become the drones tasked with deciding who gets the meager healthcare crumbs doled out by the bureaucrats who have the ultimate power over patient life and death. Those who are deemed to have illnesses that require treatments which are not cost effective can expect a one way ticket to a hospice.

For the millions of Americans who have been shoehorned into HMOs, this has already arrived.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

I would never practice like this, but if I did, I would supply each and every patient with a notarized document that stated, “In my medical opinion you should receive the following care:.......... Unfortunately, I am not allowed, by law, to give you those treatments.”