ERCaptain

Pharmaceutical Dollar Rationing by Results

The US gov is working at a feverish pace to ensure they pass some version of socialized health care now. Controlling legislative and executive branches gives them the ability to do it if they can maintain party loyalty.
There is also the issue of timeliness. If they can push it through quickly, and without a large national debate, they can avoid the problem of all those pesky people pointing out how much their plan stinks.
The US is still the destination of choice for the world's wealthy when it comes to quality and timely care. Waiting for months for urgently needed treatment, such as occurs in the UK or Canada, is an emotional and physical nightmare. Rationed care with fewer doctors is not a program that anyone wants. But many doctors I know are looking for the exit if the goverment controls fall into place. Worse yet, many parents of bright children who have expressed an interest in becoming doctors, are instead encouraging their children to pursue other careers.
I hope we can yet find a solution that does not result in any kind of rationed care.