Cold Hearted Care

The cold heart of ObamaCare:

To call the dangers of this legislation “death panels” obscures the real-life consequences to Americans, not only the elderly, of a federal government-run health care bureaucracy. In the Senate bill, for instance, Medicare doctors whose treatments each year of certain, mostly elderly, patients costs more than a set government figure will be punished by losing part of their own incomes…

…In this country, bureaucrats keeping tabs on patients – without actually seeing them and their condition – will mean, as Tanner notes, that “every time a doctor decides on a treatment, he or she would have to ask: ‘Does the government think I’m doing this too much? Will I be penalized if I order this test?’” (Disclosure: As a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, I have access to its continuing research.)

Nameless, faceless bureaucrats will be between you and your doctor. They will decide what treatments you may – and may not -  have. Ultimately, they will decide when you die. Is this the change you hoped for? Lured by a false promise of reform into surrendering your life and liberty to the state? Go read the whole piece and be afraid.

Then start calling. Time is running out.