Quote Originally Posted by honedright View Post
Do they sleep better with the possibility that their government could decide that the medical service they need is non-essential? or that their case is not a priority, forcing them to wait for months, maybe years, in line behind others who are deemed priorities? or that their lifestyle choices could be determined to be too risky and costly to the health care system and therefore coverage is denied until appropriate lifestyle changes are made (in other words shape up or ship out)?

Obama has repeatedly made a point about controlling health care costs. How can costs be controlled without some cutting? Who's to decide what's cut and what's kept? What's necessary, what's not?

It all sounds great droning out of the mouth of a polished demagogue like Obama. But if you really listen to the words he's spilling out, nothing he says makes much sense.
Well I can't say what they have in mind as I haven't really read up on it of followed it. To be honest I don't think they will pass HC legislation. Maybe I am naive but I believe that if they did eventually move to something equivalent to the European version of a NHS it would be run with common decency and all this talk about euthanasia and deciding who lives and who dies wouldn't be a reality.