I continue to have the same position as before: not one life should be ignored.
Most people continue to think that they have a great insurance policy, and that any attempts to hold insurance companies more accountable before patients are attempts to ration healthcare. Without getting into the selfishness of those who can afford decent healthcare and who make no attempt to extend it to others, I must say that they are at the very least deluded if they think it will always be affordable and reliable.
The video below, launched by Americans United for Change, reminds us that so-called 'death panels' already exist in the United States with regard to healthcare. They are set up by the insurance companies who provide policies and services to individuals very selectively, so as to charge them the high premiums that supposedly keep competition alive and make great healthcare possible, but not actually 'waste' money on them by delivering medical services. (Source: Daily Kos)
