Read this to get an idea of things to come to the US:
Victims Of Socialism
http://www.ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=321237613527130
Deadly Rationing: The gatekeeper for Great Britain’s national health care system is denying cancer patients drugs that would extend their lives. Why? Because the medication is considered too expensive.
Banning beneficial drugs due to cost is nothing new in Britain. NICE, which has to be one of history’s most ironic acronyms, forbade the use of Tarceva, a lung cancer drug proven to extend patients’ lives, and Abatacept, even though it’s one of the only drugs that has been shown in clinical testing to improve severe rheumatoid arthritis.
Once again, we have to ask: Do we really want to use the British system as the model for a U.S. health care regime?
Promises of an effective, cost-effective health care system operated by the federal government are cruel fabrications. The British system shows that the state makes a mess of health care. So does the Canadian plan, which is plagued with unhealthy and often deadly waiting times for treatment.
The fact that nothing occurred out of this week’s giant meeting at the White House...is the bold indicator of a “say-a-alot and accomplish-nothing” strategy. First and foremost in making any change in the healthcare program...is cost control. The hospitals, drug companies, and doctors are simply not going to allow this to happen...and congress and the senate will cooperate with them entirely.
So it all looks good...but don’t expect anything realistic to occur.