re: #57 JamesW

No, there won’t be official death panels. Just nameless clerks denying treatment as they count the days until their pensions vest.

re: #59 Diamond Bullet

I don’t understand the whole hyperbolic “death camp” thing. To me, the more terrifying (and likely) result is an eleventy-zillion dollar “national” healthcare system staffed by incompetent foreign doctors. If we’re really lucky, some will even try to blow up our airports:

I agree. It won’t be “death panels” per se, but:

bureaucratic decision-making
ill-trained foreign doctors
triage and deferred treatment

will when combined lead to a worse level of care and likely more avoidable fatalities.