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DONALD BERWICK’S FAVORITE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM KILLS AGAIN

Britain’s deadly system of socialized medicine, the NHS, has claimed yet another victim. But this time the tragedy is mixed with irony. The patient was a former NHS director:
A former NHS director died after waiting for nine months for an operation—at her own hospital. Margaret Hutchon, a former mayor, had been waiting since last June for a […]

Posted 31 March 2011 † Catron § NHS BS § Rationing BS § Single-Payer BS ‡ Comments (0)

RATIONING UPDATE: BRITAIN’S NHS DENIES CANCER SURGERY DUE TO AGEISM

As I have often pointed out, the favorite health care system of our CMS adminsitrator is Britain’s NHS. Dr. Donald Berwick, quite literally, loves that third-world socialized medical system—and now he is in charge of ours.  So, you may be interested in knowing what the NHS has been up to lately:
Thousands of older cancer patients are being […]

Posted 20 March 2011 † Catron § NHS BS § Obamacare BS § Rationing BS § Single-Payer BS ‡ Comments (1)

VIDEO: A DOCTOR EXPLAINS WHY OBAMACARE IS WRONG MEDICALLY AND MORALLY

This is a must watch: Dr. Beth Haynes of the Black Ribbon Project explains why ObamaCare is wrong from the perspectives of economics, medicine AND morality. Listen particularly closely to the quotes she provides from CMS administrator Donald Berwick and consider her words about capitalism as well:

[ht Paul Hsieh]

Posted 16 March 2011 † Catron § Economics BS § Market BS § Obamacare BS § Physician BS ‡ Comments (1)

BERWICK BITES THE DUST?

It sounds too good to be true, but that seems to be what’s in wind. According to Politico, Senate Democrats are about to throw in the towel on Obama’s recess-appointed CMS administrator:
Senate Democrats have given up on confirming Don Berwick as CMS administrator … a person familiar with the situation said Senate Democrats and the White […]

Posted 05 March 2011 † Catron § Obamacare BS § Political BS § Rationing BS ‡ Comments (5)

DR. BERWICK AND MR. HIDE

My latest column for the American Spectator highlights the many flip-flops Obama’s CMS chief executed in his February 10 testimony before the House Ways & Means Committee. He changed so many of his positions it was as if he had become a completely different person:
His disingenuous opening remarks, evasive answers, and transparent contempt for congressional oversight revealed Obama’s recess-appointed […]

Posted 20 February 2011 † Catron § Market BS § Obamacare BS § Rationing BS ‡ Comments (0)

VIDEO: OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE CZAR RAKED OVER THE COALS BY REP. TOM PRICE, M.D.

Yesterday, Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) questioned Donald Berwick, recess-appointed administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, at a hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means. And Dr. Price was none too gentle about it. He pressed him especially hard on the promise that Americans could keep coverage that they like under ObamaCare. Berwick’s […]

Posted 11 February 2011 † Catron § CMS BS § Insurance BS § Medicare BS § Obamacare BS § Rationing BS ‡ Comments (0)

BRINGING OBAMA’S MEDICRATS TO HEEL

Hey, here’s an idea: Instead of using the Arizona tragedy as a pretext for restricting free expression and dictating the names of Republican-sponsored bills, how about let’s rein in the out-of-control health care bureaucrats Obama has installed at HHS and the FDA. In my latest piece for the American Spectator, I give a few examples […]

Posted 10 January 2011 † Catron § Bureaucratic BS § CMS BS § Corruption BS § Obamacare BS ‡ Comments (0)

END-OF-LIFE COUNSELING MEETS THE DEATH PANEL

Remember that nice Christmas gift we got from Obama’s Medicare czar? Well, the Obama administration evidently couldn’t handle the heat it generated and took it back to the Returns Desk yesterday:
Reversing a potentially controversial decision, the Obama administration will drop references to end-of-life counseling from the ground rules for Medicare’s new annual checkup, a White House official said Wednesday.
In […]

Posted 06 January 2011 † Catron § Death Panel BS § Obamacare BS § Rationing BS ‡ Comments (2)

AN ACTUAL DOCTOR EXPLAINS WHY YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT GOVT-SPONSORED END-OF-LIFE COUNSELING

Dr. Milton Wolf has written an op-ed in the Washington Times that explains why you should be worried about those “death panels” that the Democrats and the MSM (but I repeat myself) keep telling us don’t exist:
Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama’s choice as Medicare chief, in a profoundly arrogant move, reinstated, effective this week, the […]

Posted 03 January 2011 † Catron § Death Panel BS § Obamacare BS ‡ Comments (0)

MEDIA CONTINUE TO LIE ABOUT BUSH & GOVT-SPONSORED END-OF-LIFE COUNSELING

The “news” media have been conscientiously parroting the White House talking point (i.e. lie) that Donald Berwick’s bureaucratic end run around Congress on government-sponsored end-of-life counseling (i.e. tricking Granny into signing her own death warrant) is just a continuation of a Bush administration policy.
This latest Obot whopper has been corrected by the WSJ and Kirsten Powers at Fox, […]

Posted 03 January 2011 † Catron § Death Panel BS § Obamacare BS § Propaganda BS § Rationing BS ‡ Comments (0)