Wow! Thanks, Justin for posting the MSN piece.
I do think that you are right, though, about these possibilities appearing in future proposed legislation.
I have already encountered what happens when "treatment" becomes a computerized program, in dealing with a HMO in which I had to tell the technician on the other end of the phone to get his head out of the computer and listen to what I was telling him about the patient! After a major letter campaign, including contacting the head of the major organization that was the patient's employer, I was able to obtain the care for the patient that truly was appropriate--and I still resigned from the provider panel. My fear is that we will have fewer opportunities to protest if this happens with nationalized health care.
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