I’d say the only thing is, those death panels aren’t going to be the kind before which you’ll be able to stand and make your case. The policy’s going to be written by committee, implemented by another committee and you’ll find out about the decision as a done deal. You can sue, I suppose. I don’t think it’s going to be any more fun suing the government and/or the insurance companies than it is now.
Six of one, half-dozen of the other.
“I’d say the only thing is, those death panels aren’t going to be the kind before which you’ll be able to stand and make your case. The policy’s going to be written by committee, implemented by another committee and you’ll find out about the decision as a done deal.”
Exactly — an excellent point and very true.
It’s even worse than the British NHS, where at least you can appeal, but you won’t be able to do it under Obamacare.
This article addresses that also:
Yes, It Is Rationing — Dec. 4, 2013
http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/12/yes-it-is-rationing/#.UsS6Uk2A2Uk
“But Obamacare actually gives IPAB far more power to ration than if it was acting as judge and jury to individual patients. Broadly speaking, IPAB is given sweeping powers to recommend to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) whether and how whole categories of treatments are to be reimbursed – and is required to use these powers to prevent overall health care spending from being allowed even to keep up with medical inflation. Thus, they can (in fact, it is their job to) limit reimbursement and ration care from thousands or millions of people at a time.
For example, IPAB might decide that a new, promising treatment for breast cancer is not “cost-effective,” given the board’s calculation of the number of lives it might save versus the cost to offer the treatment. HHS might then issue a “quality measure” binding on health care providers that does not authorize use of the treatment.”