Posted on 06/17/2010 7:21:11 AM PDT by NetRight Nation
With each passing day, we learn new information about what was inside of the ObamaCare legislation. Many of the concerns that Tea Partiers raised about the legislation, that were dismissed as myths by the Obama administration have proven to be facts. Most notable among these is the Obama denial that the new law would result in Health Care rationing.
Enter Dr. Donald Berwick—the soon to be rationer-in-chief.
Donald Berwick is the Obama appointment to run the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is the largest entity in the Federal Government health care system costing nearly $1 trillion. The appointment of Berwick to this high position should raise many eyebrows.
Berwick is an outspoken supporter of the British National Health Service, the state-run Health Care that the British citizens have been enduring since 1948. The British system imposes rationing on its paying patients, an idea that Berwick praises.
While many were criticized for suggesting that rationing would happen in America if ObamaCare came to pass, the people that Obama is putting in place openly support such schemes. After all, personnel is policy, and Berwick has stated that “the decision is not whether or not we will ration care, the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.”
When one looks at the British National Health Service, the words of Berwick usually do not come to mind. As he said, “I am romantic about the National Health Service, I love it.” But what about the people that have fallen victim to this system? Does he love that?
For instance, would Berwick want this to happen in America, where he says we need the “Holy Grail of universal coverage.”? Under the National Health Service in Britain, the Care Quality Commission discovered that filthy wards and lack of leadership led to 400 patient deaths annually at Basildon and Thurrock University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust. Surely this is not what Berwick has in mind.
Perhaps it is this.
In May, the National Health Service announced that due to cash shortages, they would begin rationing treatments for common children’s conditions. In our own country, we currently have no cash for anything. We wonder what Berwick has to say about this? Is this something he would stand for?
But there is more.
Under the same National Health Service system that Berwick loves, the NHS level of care fell below even third world standards. Where is the outcry from Berwick? Something is wrong with Berwick if this system is ideal—even above our current one.
One can imagine from the British examples what we will soon face in our own country. Berwick will soon be empowered to deny basic care to your grandparents or even yourself should he deem it unnecessary. The reality of this is not farfetched. He has said it himself that he will ration your care.
The U.S. Senate has the power to stop Berwick. We can only hope that they do. Or else we will all face the rationing that Berwick has professed to bring to America.
Adam Bitely is the Editor-in-Chief of NetRightDaily.com for Americans for Limited Government.
Read more at NetRightDaily.com: http://netrightdaily.com/2010/06/donald-berwick-will-we-ration-health-care-with-our-eyes-open/#ixzz0r7Vf3qRv
Emergency rooms will become the treatment centers for all those that don’t have insurance or have insurance but none that they can find a doctor to take.
Thus emergency room waiting lines will stretch out the lobby and around the block. Those not wanting to wait in line will call 911. It won’t take long for these facilities to jam up ant through the system into chaos.
Print or email the articles out and distribute them to all the seniors you know.
Seniors Must Scrutinize Medicare Mailer
IBD Editorials ^ | June 8, 2010 | NEWT GINGRICH AND NANCY DESMOND
“Your guaranteed Medicare benefits won’t change — whether you get them through Original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan.”
Report: Bill would reduce senior care Medicare cuts approved by House may affect access to providers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111402597.html
Health Reform’s Hidden Victims Young people and seniors would pay a high price for ObamaCare.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203517304574306303720472842.html
Mayo clinic stops taking Medicare patients
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=517004
Seniors’ coverage options dwindle as Medicare Advantage programs close shop
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-advantage_22bus.ART.State.Edition1.3c912a9.html
Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life Care
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/health/23ucla.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=all
Survey in New England Journal of Medicine Says 46% of US Doctors Will Quit If Obamacare Passes
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2798380/shocking_survey_in_new_england_journal.html?cat=75
Slashing Medicare to pay for healthcare reform an ugly shell game
Dr. Stuart M. Shapiro,
July 27, 2009
Obamacare Impact on Seniors
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/05/Obamacare-Impact-on-Seniors
March 28, 2010 Health law’s heavy impact Paul Guppy
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/mar/28/health-laws-heavy-impact/
The Senate Health Bill: Ordinary Americans Have Been Warned
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/17/the-senate-health-bill-ordinary-americans-have-been-warned/
Obama Names Rationing Czar to Run Medicare
by Terence P. Jeffrey
05/26/2010
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37186
Under Obamacare, IRS Has Power to Penalize Americans Who Refuse to Buy Required Insurance
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2807832/under_obamacare_irs_has_power_to_penalize.html?cat=75
obamacare taxes on working families
http://www.atr.org/obamacares-taxes-working-families-a4745
Electronic Records to costly says doctors
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/health/policy/08health.html?fta=y
Employer health insurance plans likely to be altered after all
http://www.telegram.com/article/20100612/NEWS/6120334/1116
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