Posted on 07/05/2014 10:10:51 AM PDT by John Semmens
It used to be that what transpires between a doctor and patient was considered confidential. Under the Affordable Care Act the Government has now been added as a participant in observing communications between doctor and patient.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell justified the expansion of those in the know as "only prudent. The Affordable Care Act has made the federal government responsible for the health of everyone in America. We can't adequately do that job if information on anyone's condition is withheld from us."
"Unenlightened individuals may think that their health is their own concern," Burwell said. "They may think consulting a doctor is purely their own decision. But the ACA has transformed health from any individual responsibility into a social responsibility. All—patient, doctor, and Government—must cooperate in an assessment of what actions, treatments, and medications best serve the collective interests of the nation."
"The information passed along to us by the doctor will be analyzed in order to determine what course best meets the needs of the whole," Burwell continued. "In some cases this will entail surgery or medications. In some cases it will entail mandatory behavioral adjustments. In others benign neglect akin to that practiced by the Veterans' Administration may be the best option for culling the weakest from the aggregate national family."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/158916-2014-07-04-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-july-6-2014.htm
These “Semi-News, Semi-Satire” things aren’t funny anymore.
They’re way too often too close to the actual truth., and as things go forward, this is getting steadily worse.
I’ve almost been fooled by more than one recently, and I have to read further into them to find the absurdity sometimes.
[For the humor-challenged, the preceding was a joke.]
Almost got me on that one.
Was really getting more paranoid than I normally am, until I got to the third paragraph; then I looked at the source.
Doesn’t mean I am not still paranoid, I am sure that is what the B#TCH and the OBASTARD government would like to do.
It's all about gaining access to your bank accounts!
What did you expect from the ID THIEF IN CHIEF? Health Care?
Ha ha ha ha ha! Fake but accurate!
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