Comments on: Who should call the shots? http://emonk.org/2009/04/who-should-call-the-shots/ a many-brained bioethics blog Sun, 17 May 2009 21:26:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gently http://emonk.org/2009/04/who-should-call-the-shots/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Gently Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:03:04 +0000 http://emonk.org/?p=167#comment-79 Well, some people are using the word "rationing". Liberals who support healthcare reforms to bring the US in line with other industrialized nations in offering universal healthcare, for example: http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=paul_ryan_embraces_health_care Meanwhile, Republicans conjure up the Rationing bogeyman to make healthcare reform seem ill-intentioned, for example congressman Wally Herger (R-CA): http://www.house.gov/herger/eupdate_health_GovtCare_Feb09.shtml Maybe we should just call it "cost effectiveness" like the Brits do and wink. Well, some people are using the word “rationing”. Liberals who support healthcare reforms to bring the US in line with other industrialized nations in offering universal healthcare, for example:

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=paul_ryan_embraces_health_care

Meanwhile, Republicans conjure up the Rationing bogeyman to make healthcare reform seem ill-intentioned, for example congressman Wally Herger (R-CA):

http://www.house.gov/herger/eupdate_health_GovtCare_Feb09.shtml

Maybe we should just call it “cost effectiveness” like the Brits do and wink.

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