Earlier this morning, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Bernadine Healy, the Health Editor for US News and World Report, about the efforts by Democrats to reform the American health-care system. Dr. Healy is uniquely positioned to offer analysis on this topic; she served on two Presidential task forces on science and health during the two Bush administrations, ran the National Institute of Health (the first woman to have held that position), and served as president of the Red Cross. Dr. Healy is also a cancer survivor herself, giving her a well rounded view of the American delivery of health care and the critical need for patient choice.
Earlier this week, she wrote that ObamaCare attacks that doctor-patient relationship and the choices it makes in treating illnesses, which I highlighted in this post. Dr. Healy agreed to talk with me today to discuss that, and how the US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines on mammography foreshadow the use of “comparative effectiveness” in ObamaCare. Watch it all.
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