Kevin Roberts: “If the leader will yield, it is one thing to use the British health care system and be romantic about it, to quote Dr.…”

“If the leader will yield, it is one thing to use the British health care system and be romantic about it, to quote Dr. Berwick, as an example for rationing, for practicing health care cost containment. It is another thing to do it by age, which is happening. But it is rationing by region, which the leader has pointed out and Dr. Barrasso has pointed out, that should strike fear in the hearts of any person living in any rural area in the country. His tenet for modernizing the American health system is reducing what he calls 'the oversupply of inventory.' That is how he defines it. Dr. Berwick's oversupply of inventory is, in truth, the rural patients' lifeline. I know Dr. Barrasso understands that. As the leader has said, in Kentucky--well, in Kansas, demanding a patient in Kansas drive 200 or 300 miles to Wichita or Kansas City or Denver so their infant can get proper care is ridiculous. I can foresee a time when the rural health care system will consist of a bandaid and a bed pan. Dr. Berwick is the perfect nominee for a President whose aim has always been to save money by rationing health care. I would like to add, at this particular time, in addition to the rationing the good doctor talked about, the national health system in Great Britain utilizes an end-of-life pathway to death; an end-of-life pathway to death--that is a shocking description--that many British doctors say leads to premature death in patients who could have otherwise recovered.”