
Overhauling the American Healthcare Industry
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™
[Publisher-in-Chief]
According to the Washington Times on February 11, 2009, a secreted House version of the new economic stimulus bill that President Barack Obama is trying to rush through Congress, may contain the germ of a major overhaul of the American health care system befitting German State of yester-year?
National Coordinator of Health Information Technology
For example, one provision causing much concern is the future role of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology [NCHIT]. This is the organization that will be in charge of collecting and monitoring the health care being provided to every American. We have already commented, written, posted and warned our readers and subscribers about this item in our ME-P.
Link: https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/illuminating-the-congressional-federal-health-board
Hitler and Aktion T-4
The notion seems fully in the spirit of the partisans of efficiency, but historically may have originated from a program instituted in Hitler’s Germany – called Aktion T-4; as insinuated in the Time’s article. Under this program, elderly people with incurable diseases, young children who were critically disabled and others who were deemed non-productive, were euthanized. This was the Nazi version of efficiency, a pitiless expulsion of the “unproductive” members of society in the most expeditious way possible.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-4_Euthanasia_Program
Assessment
According to blogging tipster Matt Holt, and most right-minded folks, the Washington Times should be very careful before it starts comparing the people who support an improved national health care IT infrastructure to Hitler, and suggesting that they advocate mass slaughter of sick people.
Link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/11/health-efficiency-can-be-deadly
Industry Index Indignation Rating: 98
Conclusion
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