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Some tidbits from Tiny Tom:

“The goal, Daschle’s book explained, is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs.”

“He praises Europeans for being more willing to accept ‘hopeless diagnoses’ and ‘forgo experimental treatments,’ and he chastises Americans for expecting too much from the health-care system.”

“Daschle says health-care reform ‘will not be pain free.’ Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.”

[pieceofthepuzzle]

The quotes you've written tell the story very well. The least expensive outcome is for people to die, and to do it quickly. That way there will be money in the system to pay for important things like expanded welfare services and food stamps for those who can actually work.

I'm sure glad I spent those years of my youth studying, going without sleep, accruing debt, and then paying back student loans so that I could be told by a group of egotistical ill-informed jerks how to treat patients, while they pander for votes.