Fighting Rationing and Health Care Reform

Since its inception, the National Right to Life Committee has been equally concerned with protecting older people and people with disabilities from euthanasia as with protecting the unborn from abortion. We have recognized that involuntary denial of lifesaving medical treatment is a form of involuntary euthanasia, and therefore have opposed government rationing of health care.

Repealing Rationing
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RATIONING IN THE OBAMA HEALTH CARE LAW OF 2010:

The 4 Routes to Rationing:

1. How the Law Will Limit What Health Care Providers Can Do to Save the Lives of Your Family Members:

Read Powell Center Factsheet:
LIFE AT RISK: What the Obama Health Care Plan Means for You and Your Loved Ones
Documentation for the factsheet “LIFE AT RISK”

2. Medicare: How the Law Limits Senior Citizens’ Right to Use Your Own Money to Save Your Own Life

3. How Insurance Exchanges Will Limit Your Right to Use Your Own Money to Save Your Family Members’ Lives

4. "Shared Decisionmaking": How the Law Tries to Persuade Patients They’re Better Off Without Treatment

The 4 Routes to Rationing in PDF format

More Information

WATCH C-Span coverage of 2010 NRLC Convention general session on the Obama Health Care Law, including Powerpoint presentation on its rationing
Rationing in the Obama Health Law -- Powerpoint Presentation at Convention June 26, 2010
Rationing in the Obama Health Law -- PDF version of Powerpoint Presentation at Convention June 26, 2010
LISTEN to audio of the talk accompanying this Powerpoint presentation.