Howard Dean: ObamaCare Will Lead to Rationing
One major problem is the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB is essentially a health-care rationing body. By setting doctor reimbursement rates for Medicare and determining which procedures and drugs will be covered and at what price, the IPAB will be able to stop certain treatments its members do not favor by simply setting rates to levels where no doctor or hospital will perform them.
Source: Wall Street Journal.
“the IPAB will be able to stop certain treatments its members do”
– Completely absurd to think that a government policy will dictate personal preferences.
So you’re saying it’s not viable? Or that the proposal is absurd?
…it happens all of the time…
Slim, if the rates fall to a level where doctors won’t perform the procedure there will be no choice for “personal preferences”.
Complicated circumstances. I can see both sides, but one side being more dangerous: the intrusive side.
Howard Dean is a crazy-nut if there ever was one!
Definitely.
The advisory board could be an excellent idea if it was peer reviewed and audited for it’s decisions.
Yeah! Checks and Balances.
Yes, so there isn’t as high of a potential for corruption, because lobbyist group have less power to influence healthcare practices.
Lord Acton once said “Absolutely Power, Corrupts Absolutely” this inevitably will fail.