Health Care Bill Will Increase Deficits


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Baucus' hefty bill
Heavy hit on middle class
By SALLY PIPES
New York Post
Last Updated: 9:16 AM, October 9, 2009
Posted: 1:21 AM, October 9, 2009

The Baucus Health-Care Bill


"The law establishing Medicare in 1965 barred the federal government from interfering in doctors' treatment decisions." Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-WASH) amendment will eliminate that prohibition.
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Florida Medical Association Board Member says, "the only doctors left in Medicare will be those willing to ration care and practice cookbook medicine."
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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and a key health-care adviser argues that the Hippocratic Oath is largely to blame for the 'over-use' of medical care." He adds, doctors "should be taught to ask whether the money they're spending on a patient is worth it."
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"driving all this is the misconception that doctors spend wastefully on patients who are about to die."

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The 'kill granny' bill
Senate bid to sock elder-care
By BETSY MCCAUGHEY
New York Post
Last Updated: 11:18 AM, October 5, 2009
Posted: 1:05 AM, October 5, 2009