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March 11, 2009

ObamaCare's pseudo assumptions

Topics: Political News and commentaries

As Bruce Kesler over at Maggie's Farm points out, ObamaCare is aimed at dramatically changing one-sixth of the US economy in ways that are untested or tested and found wanting, primarily involving huge increases in government direction of health care:

The details of ObamaCare are largely being left to Congress, the same body that stuffs the federal budget with earmarks, waste, and other programs that are not requested. ObamaCare is premised on claims for drastic changes in health care and major increases in government programs being necessary. Those claims are largely specious.

According to Bruce, the top ten specious premises for ObamaCare are:

1. Comparing US Health Care To Other Developed Countries
2. US Health Care Spending Is More Than We Can Afford
3. Reform Overhaul Will Yield Major Savings
4. Increased Evidence-Based Medicine And Health Information Technology Will Significantly Improve Care and Reduce Costs
5. Present Administrative Costs And Insurer Profits Are Too High
6. US Consumer Dissatisfaction Requires Drastic Health Care Changes
7. Health Care Costs Are So High They Are A Major Cause Of Personal Bankruptcy
8. The Number Of Uninsured Is So Large That Drastic Health Care Changes Are Necessary
9. More Preventive Care Will Better Serve Consumers And Save Costs
10. Health Care Consumers Are Being Served By Drastic Health Care Changes

(More could be added, such as that government restraints on prescription drug prices will not impede incentives for innovations, but they are so transparently false that the list below dwells on other ObamaCare premises more misleading.)

Continue reading Bruce's excellent, detailed, and alarming discussion here ...

Hat tip - Jules Crittenden

The country docs at Maggie's Farm examine ObamaCare, and describe in detail symptoms that suggest Dr. Obama is either a quack, or delusional. Short version: We live longer here than the third-world countries we are unfavorably compared to, as well as the first-world ones with socialized medicine. It costs more, thanks to lawyers and better technology, drugs and treatment. Guess which part Obama wants to contain, and which part he doesn't. Government-backed comparative effectiveness will hinder innovation and lay the groundwork for rationing. The docs also address the inflation of numbers of how many don't have coverage, how many are dissatisfied, etc., that is being used to justify drastic health care changes.

Posted by Hyscience at March 11, 2009 10:09 AM

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