An Ugly Truth

I’ve been reading about “death panels” (Section 1233), and I don’t know whether they will exist in the final version of ObamaCare or not. But here is what I do know:

Medical care is not a right, it has to be paid for like everything else; it is produced by limited resources. As the demand for something increases, costs will go up. Obama's objective is to expand health care services, but he also promises to hold down costs. But the law of supply and demand is still valid, and costs will rise. The only way government can contain costs is to refuse to pay for services. Your 80-year-old grandmother may not get that needed hip replacement. That’s called rationing. Supporters of ObamaCare don’t like to hear that word. They don’t like to face an ugly truth. But evidently they will not balk at denying your grandmother whatever they feel she doesn’t need, which some panel somewhere will decide. See The Ugly Truth of Obamacare. And Thomas Sowell's Alice in Medical Care.