JFK_USA
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The more the Fed will need to pay out in costs, the more desperate, it will be in finding excuses not to.
I expect this is the first in long train of FDA Unapprovals.
Afterall, Obama said that all we need is aspirin. And that's all that will be left on the approved list for the little people. The Politically Connected Elite will still have access to these medicines.
We should be very careful as to whom we give power of life and death:
"No one should subscribe to the reasoning of a bioethicist, even one as eminent as Dr Emanuel, without kicking the tyres. He should be asked two questions: what makes us human and what makes right right and wrong wrong. If we can agree on the philosophical bits, it is much more likely that we will agree on the practical consequences which flow from them.
Let's say that your mother has Alzheimer's and breaks her hip. Let's say that all the bioethicists on the hospital ethics committee have degrees in behavioral economics, psychology, decision theory or sociology. Would you find that reassuring? When tough decisions have to be made about her future, would you expect them to treat your mother as a unique human being with inalienable dignity? Probably not. Probably the thought would cross your mind that these guys may know a lot about quality-adjusted life years, but not a lot about how precious a human life is. In fact, the thought might cross your mind that this looks more like a death panel than an ethics committee.
No doubt the ASBH would respond, Trust us! We are honourable men. Decent people like us would never ignore your mother's dignity. Hopefully this is true of most members of the ASBH. But trust us is not a very persuasive argument.
Bioethicists cannot cope with the death panels issue
(emphasis mine)
Lets focus on your one statement:
"We should be very careful as to whom we give power of life and death"
So if you are sick, you have one person that will help pay your cost without asking for anything back because they care about the people. You have another person who you pay every month to help you pay for the costs later on, but then when you get sick, they decline to help pay for it because its not good business for them.
So who is the person who is going to help you out? Thats right the government. Because if you have a drug for $80,000/year, who is more likely to pay for that drug. Someone who looks out for others or someone who looks out for their bottom line?
So once again here is what you exactly said:
"We should be very careful as to whom we give power of life and death"
So your choice, will you trust someone who looks out for your best interest or someone who is looking out for their own.
Welcome to the Democratic Party.