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Where is this so-called healthcare official that 'decides whether or not I get an operation, medicine,or care?
My entire Philosophy class have decided that that there is an official in the government that is supposedly to decide whether or not I get care in any manner. Even if this was logically sound, which it isn't...is there any substantial evidence to suggest this? I've gone through about 40 or so pages of the reform act itself and haven't found it.
Thanks guys.
I'm aware of people who decide things such as this with private healthcare providers but many people I've come into contact with are adamant about this Healthcare Czar.
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- DarwinallLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Your entire Philosophy class deserves an F in logic, and in critical thinking. This official is a myth, a manufactured figment of the imagination of the hysterical Right.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Right now, I have a healthcare official who decides whether or not I get an operation, or medicine, or healthcare. This person doesn't have any medical training. This person is employed by my insurance agency. S/he decides whether or not I get an effective medicine for my condition, or whether I just get the cheapest medicine, even if that medicine doesn't work for a lot of people. This person decides whether I get an expensive test or procedure done. And this person pretty much makes his/her decision on how much it will cost the insurance company to cover this option, NOT on how much or whether I would benefit from his/her decision.
Your class is wrong, there is no healthcare official like this.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
It depends on who your health care provider is.
All private medical coverage comes with a policy document that details what treatment you can and cannot have. Often this is a set of restrictions linked to a monetary value for elective and non elective procedures. For example, some health care packages will allow you to have braces for cosmetic reasons, while others won't.
The more you pay, the more treatment your policy will cover. Most plans cover emergency or critical care. Other's cover prescription meds, too.
Who actual decides depend on who your health care provider actually is. It might be your individual HMO, or a state body like Most plans cover emergency or critical care, or the CMS.
It's the same with state health care if you cannot afford a private plan.
In both cases, it's not a single person, it's a group of people. Either a board in a private health care company, or in a state government.
- 1 decade ago
I think you need to read a little more. I could be mistaken, but aren't there over 2500. pages in the bill?
Try searching the web. You might find something there to enlighten you.