Rational healthcare, not rationing
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 02:30
in Health & Medicine
The best care gives people every chance of living longer and well and, when the time eventually comes, allows them to die peacefully.The Affordable Care Act remains in Republican cross hairs and very much in the news. In recent days, several patients have asked me what the law will mean for them. Many of the people I care for are incurably ill and need expensive medical care to stay alive. They've heard politicians say "Obamacare" will take away their choices, rob them of hope for living longer and cast their fate to "death panels" of faceless bureaucrats. Fortunately, none of this is true.