Quote Originally Posted by NCRAVEN View Post
Agreed. But I would not empower an unelected board of bureaucrats that "should not" propose rationing care, but ultimately can and years down the road (as I understand it) Congress has no control over the panel.



There would be several ways, almost too many so I'll ask you if you think there is a country that has better quality healthcare than we do.
I honestly don't know how you would define quality of healthcare. I would certainly make the case that the US has the highest number of intensely specialized doctors. So I certainly can't say the quality is poor.

By the same token though, we pay almost 5000$ more per capita on healthcare than the average for developed countries. Considering the average is around 2400, that's pretty significant. Also, we're 38th on Average Life Expectancy in the world, falling behind Cuba and Canada to name a few.

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/News...ty-Varies.aspx

According to this study, we spend more, but don't necessarily receive better quality healthcare at the same time.