Debunking Myths
Nice piece in the Huffington Post today on the Republican myths about the health care reform bugaboo.
MYTH -- HEALTH REFORM WILL LIMIT PATIENT CHOICE:
In a recent editorial published in the Washington Times, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) argued that what health care reform really means "is limiting freedom -- the freedom to choose a doctor, to take your health care with you when you switch jobs, to make personal medical decisions." Similarly, Michael Cannon, director of health care policy at the Cato Institute, charged that "the Left's idea of limiting Medicare spending is to have bureaucrats tell Mom she cannot have the cancer treatment she wants."
This, of course, is something we always hear from the conservative wing of the conservative party: their irrational fear of government (and their desire to please insurers), causes them to spew venom and lies about the reality of the need for reform. And even though the entire country seems to have realized that the need for reform is real, they will continue to try to scare everyone into inaction.
The piece continues:
In reality, progressive proposals for health reform would offer more choice, not less. Americans will have the choice to keep the employer plan they currently have or buy an affordable plan from the national insurance exchange. Individuals and small businesses will be able to "compare private coverage options and a public plan and to purchase the policy that would work best for them." Moreover, rather than ration treatments, investment into the comparative effectiveness of treatments will help identify the procedures that provide the best results at the lowest cost. According to a study conducted by the RAND corporation, at least one-third of medical procedures have questionable benefits. Thus, progressive proposals will allow mom and her doctor to choose the best treatment for her cancer.
posted by KJ Wojciechowski at 12:16 PM
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