Your statement illustrates an important point. The fact is NOBODY can say for sure what this panel will do, and what it'll morph into over the years. Remember how the dept of energy was supposed to get us off foreign oil? What happened to that mission? Now it bundles money for Solyndra and the like. The same thing will happen here. Whatever it's mission starts out as, it will grow in size and scope until the original mission is forgotten.
Like everything 0bama proposes, there are no specifics and people hear whatever they want. We could start out with a panel to prevent fraud, and end up with 15 unelected unknown faces (plus their staffs) deciding who lives and who dies based on God only knows. 0bamacare is just the structure, like the frame of a building. We have yet to see all that will come of it.
The IPAB is similar to the NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) board in the UK’s NHS. The IPAB makes policy decisions on medical protocols, reimbursement rates to doctors and hospitals, what drugs are authorized, etc. The truly insidious part of IPAB is that it takes two thirds of Congress to override its decisions. Thus, the IPAB will essentially be operating independently since it would be very difficult to get the votes necessary to overturn its decisions.
YOU can count on that happening. Then when they need some experiment or research done, just who do you think will be the LIKELY Guinea Pigs will be?
Josef Mengele will live again.
"""""We could start out with a panel to prevent fraud, and end up with 15 unelected unknown faces (plus their staffs) deciding who lives and who dies based on God only knows.""""......
YES, 15 unelected unknown faces (scary that), Plus their staffs, and their staffs, and their staffs. There will be no end to this.
Then you will hear, even perhaps your best friend working for them, telling you "we are only doing for the GOOD of the people, doing our best", like proper little lemmings.
Hitlers Regime was staffed by such, most willing to obey, just for the adoration of their leader and a higher Rank and PAY GRADE. They will do this willingly.