President Obama suggested, one way to curtail medical costs, is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures being performed on people who are about to die. Unlike the Roman Gladiators, in the blood stained arena, who stated, "We are about to die salute you", I don't think the sick and elderly will be saluting Obama. In addition, Obama said, "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking a pain killer." Michael Jackson was obviously ahead of Obama on that one.
I think President Obama forgot to talk to patients and patient's families. Who makes the decisions about surgery? If the Obama Healthcare Plan goes through, it's a sure thing it won't be your doctor or your family and certainly not you. It will be the Obama Gate Keepers of Medical Care. What care? What care is extra? And who decides? Hello America! This is called rationing.
President Obama is willing to interfere in the relationship between a doctor and his patient, when the doctor is trying to save a life, but not, when the doctor is trying to take a life. Evolving healthcare, that's very interesting. How does healthcare evolve? I always thought healthcare benefited a patient. Everyone knows that sometimes not doing something is better than doing something and conversely, doing something is better than not doing something. It's left to families and doctors to discuss, not to mention the patient, who should be fully involved. Not gatekeepers, who have no knowledge of medicine.
If you think the government can run healthcare, look at the VA system.
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