Medicaid budget limits lead to what some call “death panels.” Medicaid is a single payer system in which budgets are limited. When the money runs out, people’s options shrink. Government can get away with treatment restrictions that would never be countenanced within a market-based system in which regulators would be on the side of patients, rather than the government funder. More
“State ‘Death Panels’ Attributable to Single-Payer”
( National Review – – January 3, 2011 )
