Andrew Klavan: Death Panels are Inevitable Once Government Takes over Health Care - WSJ.com

Andrew Klavan: Death Panels are Inevitable Once Government Takes over Health Care - WSJ.com: "It is very difficult to imagine the country making those decisions just through the normal political channels. And that's part of why you have to have some independent group that can give you guidance.
—President Barack Obama in a New York Times interview on how costly medical decisions should be made.

The people behind the long table do not know what they've become. The drug of power has been sugared over in their mouths with a flavoring of righteousness. Someone has to make these decisions, they tell their friends at dinner parties. It's all very difficult for us. But you can see it in their eyes: It isn't really difficult at all. It feels good to them to be the ones who decide.

'Well, we have your doctor's recommendation,' says the chairwoman in a friendly tone. She peers over the top of her glasses as she pages through your file.

You have to clear your throat before you can answer. 'He says the operation is my only chance.'

'But not really very much of a chance, is it?' she says sympathetically. Over time, she's become expert at sounding sympathetic.

'Seventy percent!' you object."