Sen. Mitch McConnell says that determining medical treatments is "a decision we currently leave between a patient and his or her doctor. And that's where it should remain."
This pronouncement will astound many Americans who know all too well that an insurance company also decides what medical treatments they'll get.
...McConnell and other Republicans are playing on fears of health-care rationing, which they warn is a likely dire consequence of the reform plans making their way through committee.
The reality is that health care is already rationed in this country, just not on any rational or humane basis.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Health-care costs bankrupting us
A good editorial in today's Herald-Leader:
