The Battle Of The Narrative: How Ordinary Americans Can Fight ObamaCare
As the problems of ObamaCare inevitably emerge, the big question will be whether they will be blamed on the residual free-market elements of our health system or on the new government controls. This will be the battle of the “narrative.” Continue reading
Ten Reasons ObamaCare is a Government Takeover of Health Care
Some argue that ObamaCare isn’t a government takeover of health care. Here are ten reasons why it is: Continue reading
ObamaCare vs. Personalized Healthcare choices
Technology enabling “personalized medicine, where the therapy that’s best for you will be based on your physiology and genetic makeup – and may not be right for any other patient.” But ObamaCare blocks this. Continue reading
In Top Journal, Obamacare Boosters Push ‘Global Spending Target’
The proposed cap on private medical spending would also prevent Americans from spending their health care dollars as they wished. Obamacare 2.0 would mean unprecedented government control over our health care — and our lives. Continue reading
Is President Obama’s Prostate Gland More Important Than Yours?
When President Obama had his routine physical last year, he enjoyed the freedom to consult with his doctors, weigh the pros and cons of PSA testing, and decide for himself what was in his best medical interest. But under ObamaCare, the President will not allow you that same freedom. Instead, the federal government will decide for you. Continue reading
#thanksobamacare – Your doctor won’t be accountable to you, but to “society”
[U]nder ObamaCare, your doctor will be increasingly pressured into sacrificing your individual medical interests for a nebulous “social justice.” Continue reading
Dangers of Accountable Care Organizations
So-called “Accountable Care Organization” pits doctors’ financial incentives against what is best for patients.
Will ObamaCare produce cascade of insolvent Colorado insurers?
ObamaCare threatens the solvency of private health plans, which will significantly reduce consumer choice and increase costs. …[In] Colorado, where one large health plan has already announced plans to leave the state, Graham’s analysis demonstrates a “cascade” of insolvency, whereby only five of the ten largest plans in 2009 will be operating in 2017.
“Accountable Care Organizations”: The Coming Collectivization of American Health Care
In the 1930s, the USSR forced independent farmers into large state-run collective farms. … these collective farms could not feed the country. … Unfortunately, the United States is about to make the same mistake in health care by collectivizing doctors and hospitals into government-supervised accountable care organizations (ACOs).
What’s wrong with “evidence based medicine”?
John Goodman lists the problems with “evidence based medicine.” Think of it this way: What if there were a rule that says you can’t do anything during the week unless it is on the calendar by Sunday. Call this “calendar-based scheduling.” Instead of being an aide, the calendar would quickly become an oppressive barrier to your freedom of action.
Accountable Care Organizations: Soviet-style command & control medicine that strangles innovation & quality
Accountable Care Organizations “will become the medical equivalent of the state-run giant collective farms that failed to feed the USSR. Central planning will strangle innovation in American medicine just as it strangled the Eastern Bloc economies during the Cold War.”
Health care “reform” and “accountable care” vs. doctors’ autonomy
Under ObamaCare, doctors “lose their ability to practice medicine as they envisioned. The government will be making so many decisions about how doctors will be paid, what they will be paid, and what type of practice they can establish and operate.”
