Feb. 9 (Betsy McCaughey Bloomberg) -- Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy. Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.
Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health. (Page numbers refer to H.R. 1 EH, pdf version).
The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.
But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”
Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity goes too far.
3 comments:
And this from someone who has no medical degree, has never held a job in the medical profession and who seems to think he has all the answers. It's the trickle down affect. The president has no experience and he got the job so now people like this asshole feel it's ok to dictate to experts in their field how they should practice their own expertise. The utter arrogance!--phthalo
So does that mean that Teddy Kennedy should be refused treatment? I mean, it can't be cost effective to keep hauling that into the shop for repairs.
He wouldn't be missed that's for sure. I wonder how many times over the years he thought about the young girl that drowned in his car? Hhhmmmm.... What goes around, comes around. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
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