ObamaCare Shocker: Rationing - The Doctor Will NOT See You Now
Published: 2009-09-14 23:15:37
Author: Gregory A. Hession | The New American | August 18, 2009
Let's get right to the main question everyone has about the new ObamaCare health scheme: does House Bill 3200, entitled Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, ration medical care. The answer: yes, and quite severely.No amount of euphemism, circumlocution, or verbal prestidigitaion, even by the Master Prevaricator himself, (that's Obama, not Bill Clinton) can change the reality that medical care will be rationed.
Rationing will not be accomplished in a direct manner, and it is not telegraphed clearly in the House Bill. It is couched in language that hides the overall intent, but it is clear nonetheless. It will also be incremental over many years, in order to avoid public outcry, whether a so-called "public option" is in the bill at first or not.
By means of a number of different schemes peppered throughout the bill, availability of care will be incrementally choked, until the government assumes full control of the entire business. There are sections addressing Medicaid, Medicare, private plans, military plans, and other variations.
After eventually implementing all of the measures in the bill, availability of medical care will have shrunken and the cost will have increased exponentially. Getting needed treatment will be more like a competition of musical chairs, or a visit to the Post Office, to use the president's analogy.
The scheme set forth in the law has no other end but severe rationing. These conclusions are based on facts supplied by the government itself, not upon speculation.
Rationing Committees
One key passage in the House Bill that fortells rationing is found starting on page 26, where it defines "essential benefits," and restricts the amount of money that a person may spend on his or her healthcare. Whenever the goverenment establishes a baseline, that is what it will hew to. Other medical problems and conditions other than those that are "approved" or "clinically appropriate" as defined in section 121, or problems which exceed the approved budget, will simply be denied by the bureaucrats.
The essential treatment benefits, i.e., the parameters of rationing, will be determined by an unaccountable "Health Benefits Advisory Committee," which is established on page 30 of the House Bill.
Behind this Health Benefits Advisory Committee, is an even higher level 15-member oligarchy that was set up under the previous Obama stimulus bill passed earlier this year. The group is called the "Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research," The House medical take-over bill establishes a corresponding "Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research," (Section 1401) and funds it with a billion (!) dollars.
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Published: 2009-09-14 23:15:37
Author: Gregory A. Hession | The New American | August 18, 2009
Let's get right to the main question everyone has about the new ObamaCare health scheme: does House Bill 3200, entitled Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, ration medical care. The answer: yes, and quite severely.No amount of euphemism, circumlocution, or verbal prestidigitaion, even by the Master Prevaricator himself, (that's Obama, not Bill Clinton) can change the reality that medical care will be rationed.
Rationing will not be accomplished in a direct manner, and it is not telegraphed clearly in the House Bill. It is couched in language that hides the overall intent, but it is clear nonetheless. It will also be incremental over many years, in order to avoid public outcry, whether a so-called "public option" is in the bill at first or not.
By means of a number of different schemes peppered throughout the bill, availability of care will be incrementally choked, until the government assumes full control of the entire business. There are sections addressing Medicaid, Medicare, private plans, military plans, and other variations.
After eventually implementing all of the measures in the bill, availability of medical care will have shrunken and the cost will have increased exponentially. Getting needed treatment will be more like a competition of musical chairs, or a visit to the Post Office, to use the president's analogy.
The scheme set forth in the law has no other end but severe rationing. These conclusions are based on facts supplied by the government itself, not upon speculation.
Rationing Committees
One key passage in the House Bill that fortells rationing is found starting on page 26, where it defines "essential benefits," and restricts the amount of money that a person may spend on his or her healthcare. Whenever the goverenment establishes a baseline, that is what it will hew to. Other medical problems and conditions other than those that are "approved" or "clinically appropriate" as defined in section 121, or problems which exceed the approved budget, will simply be denied by the bureaucrats.
The essential treatment benefits, i.e., the parameters of rationing, will be determined by an unaccountable "Health Benefits Advisory Committee," which is established on page 30 of the House Bill.
Behind this Health Benefits Advisory Committee, is an even higher level 15-member oligarchy that was set up under the previous Obama stimulus bill passed earlier this year. The group is called the "Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research," The House medical take-over bill establishes a corresponding "Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research," (Section 1401) and funds it with a billion (!) dollars.
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