Matt #33
Read the bill and you will see that there is language for the panel of a motley crew who will study treatments and make recommendations – that is government recommendations – that will be followed by the health community.
I DON’T WANT SOME PANEL MAKING RULES ABOUT MY TREATMENT. IT IS BETWEEN MY DOCTOR AND ME!!!
There are enough complaints today about insurance regulations affecting patients. My mom is a breast cancer survivor yet Medicare allowed her one mammogram per year while allowing one every 6 months only on the side the cancer was discovered. That is just so illogical. If she had cancer on the other side – she’d have had to wait 6 months for it to be discovered.
I have heard that the electronic transfer of medical records has already started using stimulus funds plus the panel to study medical practices and make cost saving recommendations has also begun using stimulus funds – you may call it a “life” panel rather than a “death” panel – but remember that its purpose is to save money.
Of course, ways to save money IMMEDIATELY without spending another dime is to enact tort reform and to start to investigate and prosecute and publicize the fraud in Medicaid and Medicare. We don’t need 1000+ pages to allow us to do that.
