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Monday, February 09, 2009

As the Democrats stealthily inch us towards nationalizing health care and devising a more cost-effective approach, it is worthwhile to take a look at Canada and the many problems they have with a nationalized approach, including a 57 year old being told that he is too old for hip surgery and people suffering migraines and vision problems being told they need to wait six months or more for an MRI, then going to America and paying themselves to find out they have a brain tumor, which the Canadian health system then tells them they need to wait another six months or more for surgery that couldn't be more imminent. Is this really what we want in the US?

Well, we are getting it, in the stimulus bill. Among other things, a national digital health record is set up, along with a new health care review board to determine which treatments are cost-effective and which are not. Granted, insurance companies are doing that now, but do we really need the government doing it too? And shouldn't there be more of a national discussion about it? Instead, it is buried in a "stimulus" bill. This is how things are going to be done now. If it isn't popular, it is going to be buried in another bill and passed anyways. And who knows how much else is buried in this thing? It is so urgent to pass because they don't want anyone to have a chance to read it.

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