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How would ObamaCare bureaucrats resolve this situation?
NEWT GINGRICH :
A 3-year-old boy was recently diagnosed with a rare, aggressive, soft-tissue cancer in his bladder. Radiation treatment would have stunted the growth of his pelvic bones, hips and bladder and left him disabled. Radical surgery could remove his bladder, prostate and portions of his rectum. That would have left him impotent, using a colostomy bag, and urinating through another bag in his abdomen.
His parents chose a third option—a new "unproven" therapy where a proton beam precisely targeted the radiation dose so that it didn't cripple their son for life. The boy is now cancer-free and his body functions normally.
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
They would discuss it until it is too late to do anything, or dismiss it as a costly and unproven treatment:DENIED.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
great im all for actually healing people like i think surgery is always better then drugs i lost a few people in my day and my buddy just lost his 2 day old so i feel the pain. i got 3 boys 7 5 and 18 months all with my eyes. my littlest one had a problem eating whne he was born dropped 2 lbs in the first 2 months and the doctors just gave up on him
i fed him cereal and olive oil he started eating and pooping on the regular and today he is here and strong not because of some doctor but because of me. understand this system has major flaws and i get the problems with it but sometimes u have to do what u have to do.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I think "ObamaCare bureaucrats" would solve this problem in the same way. Health care reform shouldn't impede technological innovation into the development of new medical techniques. In fact, I think such radical, new treatments would be more affordable under a government program. After all, government grants fund a lot of the research in universities. I imagine the government could negotiate a discount on such treatments that private companies, who have to pay for proprietary rights, couldn't get.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The Child would still be waiting for treatment.
The parents would be in prison for trying an "unproven therapy".
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
What resolution needs to take place here? I assume the insurance company would pay for the "unproven" successful procedure, as they are for people and not profits.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
who paid for the treatment and why wouldn't it be paid for under different models of funding?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Thats what the Death panel is for
