Tom Coburn: The Health Bill Is Scary

WSJ OPINION JOURNAL, 12/16/2009 by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) - Government guidelines would likely have forbidden the test I used to discover Sheila's cancer. I recently suggested that seniors will die sooner if Congress actually implements the Medicare cuts in the health-care bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. My colleagues who defend the bill—none of whom have practiced medicine—predictably dismissed my concern as a scare tactic. They are wrong. Every American, not just seniors, should know that the rationing provisions in the Reid bill will not only reduce their quality of life, but their life spans as well. Read more at WSJ...

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