According to the June 30 The New York Times,
In a highly anticipated report, released Tuesday morning, a panel assembled by the Institute of Medicine released a list of 100 health topics that it said should get high priority as the Obama administration proceeded with a plan to spend $1.1 billion in comparing the effectiveness of competing drugs, medical devices, operations and other treatments for specific health conditions.
The report is one of the first concrete steps in a broad effort by administration officials and health experts to shift the focus of medical practice toward scientific evidence — rather than a physician’s personal views or treatments promoted by medical product companies.
Note how now science trumps religion, practicality trumps philosophy, and evidence trumps your physician’s personal views. How the Obama Administration is going to combine this with patient autonomy and choice, and HIPPA, will be interesting to see.
Go ahead and say it. I know you’re thinking it.
Government-mandated health care rationing.
