The new government agencies that will be created as the result of Obamacare will worsen the quality of American medical care by restricting physicians and hospitals to use their best judgment, according to Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., a physician and chairman of the Republican Study Committee.
In fact, he says, the bill would create 159 new government agencies to regulate insurance and medical care for Americans.
Writing for AOL News, Price says in an op-ed that the healthcare overhaul being contemplated by House Democrats will sacrifice “the quality of health care that has made this nation's practice of medicine the envy of the world.”
“Quality remains one of the six principles of patient-centered health care that Republicans have advocated,” Price writes. “Yet, all Americans find in the Democrats' government-centered vision are various boards of bureaucrats -- not practicing physicians -- determining what is considered quality care.”
The plan will take away the right of individuals to make the best decisions about their healthcare in consultation with their physician.
http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/tom-price-healthcare-democrats/2010/03/20/id/353358
