ObamaCare Is All About Rationing

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Author(s)	Martin Feldstein
Source	The Wall Street Journal
Date	August 18, 2009
URL	http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204683204574358233780260914.html
Quote	"In the British national health service, a government agency approves only those expensive treatments that add at least one Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) per £30,000 (about $49,685) of additional health-care spending. If a treatment costs more per QALY, the health service will not pay for it. The existence of such a program in the United States would not only deny lifesaving care but would also cast a pall over medical researchers who would fear that government experts might reject their discoveries as "too expensive."

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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.