Look to the VA for a model of failed government run health care. The negative polls will be even higher once people learn how their care will be rationed by government death panels.
If your doctor can’t convince the VA board that your procedure will give you a better than 70% improvement rate, then your procedure is NOT approved - PERIOD! That “70% improvement” is the MINIMUM, to get an approval at the VA!
I couldn’t get the VA to complete a REQUIRED procedure (remove screws that were installed while on active duty); they were supposed to be removed within 13 months! I had to have my personal doctor remove them...several months after the “must be removed by” date!
See my post #26 on the VA.