The government-run health care system will do its best to take care of people.
Really?
In an effort to cut costs, a government task force, (the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) “funded and appointed by the government of the United States” has decided women aged 40-50 do not need mammograms. These new “guidelines” conflict with the standard of care and recommendations from treating physicians. The American Cancer Society rejects the government’s nudge toward socialistic cost-cutting measures that will cost lives. With the government-run health care fast approaching, it may be only a matter of time before actual physicians and physician groups have no medical decision making power.
This government move has already faced strong rebuke from physicians as dangerous and reckless, and will result in unnecessary deaths.
Why do 16 unelected government panel members get to determine what services are offered? Isn’t that a decision best left to a patient and her physician?
Not one of the 16 unelected government appointee “experts” is an oncologist. The power of the recommendation comes not from the persuasiveness of their claims; the power of the recommendation comes from the fact that they are powerful and influential government appointees.
When Obama’s plan takes shape, mammography for women 40-50 will be “phased-out” irrespective of patient desire or physician judgement. The day is near where medical decision making will occur without physician interference.
It will occur by bureaucratic fiat.
What else will be “phased-out” by government task forces?
How will it affect you or your loved ones?
