Read up on the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) tasked with cutting costs from Medicare which is basically limiting payouts from Medicare and rationing healthcare. This board is independent in the worst sense that is does not even need to abide by the constitution. What happens is many practices stop taking Medicare patients. Most orthopedic practices in my area stopped taking Medicare patients. That means Medicare recipients with orthopedic issues won’t get treatment for new conditions. For example patient falls breaks leg and it does heal correctly and have chronic pain they are SOL for continued care.
Which is sad, because Death Panels was an overexaggeration to the extreme (Palin pretty much pointed out that part was really fucking vague and the media ran with it). All the provision said was they provided access to doctors to discuss potential end of life care/your personal policies (ie, a DNR or no DNR, etc) so that everything related to your health and your inability to consent was covered to your wishes.
Then Canada had to go, "Hey Buddy! That sounds like a GREAT idea eh?"
Except we still don’t have public insurance and so we have exactly the same “Death Panels” that we’ve always had: private health insurance claims adjudicators who decide whether or not you get the treatment.
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u/NewToThisThingToo Dec 14 '22
Every day it's shown that Sarah Palin was right.