Opening the Door to Health Care Rationing Under Obamacare
One of the biggest fears Americans have about Obamacare is who will ultimately control health care decisions: the government or patients and their doctors. New… Read More
Could Britain’s Health Care Rationing Come to the States?
Advocates of Obamacare often point to Great Britain’s National Health Service as an example of a national health care system that works. But all is… Read More
Morning Bell: The Rationer-in-Chief
When Linda O’Boyle was diagnosed with bowel cancer, her doctors told her she could boost her chances of survival by adding the drug cetuximab to… Read More
Calling Doctor Berwick: We Have A Mild Case of Rationing
Dr. Donald Berwick may not be a household name yet, but if he is confirmed as the head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid… Read More
The Obama Budget Plan: Taxes and Rationing
Suddenly, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders seem to want health-care news stories to fall off of the front page. This week, House Energy… Read More
Beyond the Constitution: The Healthcare Bill Violates the Rule of Law
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has pointed observers to a problematic section of the health care legislation now before the Senate that proposes (in Section 3403)… Read More
Obamacare in the Senate: First Week Amendments
The Senate began debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590) this week. Senators on both sides of the aisle offered amendments to… Read More
Video: How Obamacare Rations Mammograms
Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) recently hosted Center for American Progress blogger Igor Volsky on their Senate Doctors Show. Volsky challenged Sen…. Read More
Morning Bell: The Obamacare Rationing Threat To Your Mammograms
Last week, the United States Preventive Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending that women in their 40s no longer have annual mammograms and that… Read More
Advisory Health Panels Good, Obama’s Super MedPac Bad
The Washington Post reports: Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every… Read More
