[gusopol3]

This is what a death panel is all about, in my opinion.

[Seaplaner]

Every year, 40,000 American women die of breast cancer. It's true that Avastin can't save most of them. But for a select group, the drug improves life dramatically. It shouldn't be put on the chopping block.

Two words...

Death Panel.

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[pieceofthepuzzle]

This is exactly the way this administration will ration. They will 1) slow the approval or prevent the approval of new treatments that could increase medical expenses, and 2) shift research funding from basic science to ‘outcomes’ statistical research, and ‘health care delivery’ research.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The gooberment can reduce its health care costs to zero if it outlaws all drugs, therapeutic treatments and surgeries.

Then they could use all that money they confiscated in the name of health care on more important things!

[devere]

The FDA should be abolished.
All of its useful functions can be performed better by the free market.

[ReverendJames]

And yet on TV we hear these poignant ads about trying to cure this disease and that disease showing pathetic kids with that particular disease. Why should pharmaceutical companies invest billions to try to find a cure when the FDA comes around later to stop it.

[RFEngineer]

“This is what a death panel is all about, in my opinion”

Should cost be part of medical decisions?

[peggybac]

If Avastin were for AIDS, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

[Nachum]

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[originalbuckeye]

Yes. The death panels begin with whimper as Big Media ignores the Socialist Government that is the decider between life and death. And you know they won’t be deciding death for other Socialists, but those who disagree with their Socialist Government. Just like the ‘Stimulus’ money. Everything for the Socialists and nothing for anyone else.

[Secret Agent Man]

No, see, this is the brilliance of Obamacare. The GOVERNMENT makes the decision, not you, not your doctor. See how that works? Isn’t it just effing brilliant? It is going to work out just super. And all of us were just so wrong about how awful this was going to be. We just hated it because Barack is black and the democrats passed it without reading it or getting any republican votes.

[GailA]

You can look to see more such costly drugs pulled in the future. And drug companies doing LESS research.

Obama Returns to End-of-Life Plan That Caused Stir http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/politics/26death.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2647680/posts

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[mdmathis6]

Just wait ‘till they start banning treatments for CF or “Jerry’s Kids”! Michael J Fox’s “stem cell treatments” will get banned as well....a lot of famous libs pet oxen are about to get gored.

A lot of Aids treatments have similar toxic side effects and questionable value for extending life...wait until statistical analysis starts to be applied to them as well! Bono from U2 will go into apoplexy!