86 percent of Americans think that government is broken --- just about the same number of Americans who have insurance through their employers
On Mar 4, 1:00 pm, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Good reason to fear government s influenceFebruary 28, 2010 > PHYSICIANS TODAY have relative freedom to prescribe the best treatments to > meet the unique needs of individual patients. In your Feb. 22 editorialTo > trim medical costs, apply best practices,you propose that these important > decisions be limited to treatments or medications approved by a committee > appointed by the US government without knowledge of the unique condition of > each patient. Are we all comfortable with that? Committees with such power > would undoubtedly be influenced by those with political or ideological > agendas. Will we (literally) be able to live with that? > Those who keep telling Americans that health care is broken should note the > recent CNN survey that indicated 86 percent of Americans think that > government is broken. That is why they resist turning all medical decisions > over to the government. That is one reason they resist the Senate and House > bills that would force all physicians to obey the best practices decisions of > the US government. > Richard E. RalstonExecutive director > Americans for Free Choice in Medicine > Newport Beach, > Calif.http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2010/02/28/good_reason_to_fear_governments_influence/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
