Posted by
Stefano on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:07:44 AM
Hidden inside Obama's stimulus plan is a new provision controlling and rationing health care. According to Hudson Institute scholar Betsy McCaughey, this new approach will have a deleterious effect on senior citizens, particularly those on Medicare. Former HHS nominee Tom Daschle has said that seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.
Under new stimulus provisions a new council will be formed named the "Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research" McCaughey says that "The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis".
To see Betsy McCaughey's full article on Bloomberg go to: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs