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    included ut  there is more that should be a source of concern.  The following is a brief outline of this bill put together by Mat Staver of the Freedom Foundation and Liberty Counsel (contact info is at the end). The comments by the brief are by Staver.   HR 3200 currently under consideration in the House of Representatives Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!! Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RA...

Will have on patients? >> well i do think there is an advantage to considering generics. 70% of the treatments used in the united states are already generic. so i'm fine with that. i do think there may be a role here for considering real outlayer treatments. we've seen in the news, lately, for example, 300,000 breast implants were put in improperly around the world stemming from france. the idea that somebody could nip that in the bud before it occurs, fine. for some strange outlyer treatments. but for the standard medical treatments i'm concerned that an insurance company will say, you know, ...

The medicare bill. >> we broaden revenue and still have to slow down the rate of growth at the same time, right? >> there are a variety of ideas, we have said we're open to the ideas just not open to the notion we are going to turn medicare into a voucher program. >> i think you can fund competitive effectiveness research and focus in on best practices, bundle payments, which means instead of taking care and billing for each separate surgery, you actually bundle for the patient. doesn't it ultimately come down to the idea of rationing, which is a toxic term, obviously, if you want to control c...