Wow – in the NY Times – a plea to just say “no” to a doctor’s healthcare recommendation. But I thought that there would be no panels that would limit healthcare? No panels that would review doctor’s suggestions for treatment or tests and then say “no”? What if the person is old? What if the treatment is needed to extend their life for a month – or six and the panel says “no”?? Would this be the infamous “death panel”?
Just how will the Big “O” explain that saying “no” fulfills his promise of better, more comprehensive healthcare?
Economic Scene - To Cut Health Costs, U.S. Needs to Learn to Say No - NYTimes.com
Published: April 6, 2010
How can we learn to say no?
The federal government is now starting to build the institutions that will try to reduce the soaring growth of health care costs. There will be a group to compare the effectiveness of different treatments, a so-called Medicare innovation center and a Medicare oversight board that can set payment rates.
But all these groups will face the same basic problem. Deep down, Americans tend to believe that more care is better care. We recoil from efforts to restrict care.
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