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And rationing means the government gets a say in how, when and where you get health care.  But hey, at least it’s…uh…free.

This is all according to comments made by Larry Summers during one of his rare non-nap times.

Last Sunday on “Meet the Press,” Larry Summers, Obama’s chief economic adviser, let the cat out of the bag on health care. In explaining why universal health care wasn’t going to increase the deficit, Summers said that people are just getting too much unnecessary care. Summers claimed: “whether it’s tonsillectomies or hysterectomies . . . procedures are done three times as frequently [in some parts of the country than others] and there’s no benefit in terms of the health of the population. And by doing the right kind of cost-effectiveness, by making the right kinds of investments and protection, some experts that we — estimate that we could take as much as $700 billion a year out of our health care system.”

I don’t know about the rest you, but that sure sounds like having some bureaucrat somewhere deciding how much health care you need.  Instead of you.  Or your doctor.

And let’s keep in mind that Obama has already set the stage for this.  Remember that a little-discussed part of Obama’s “stimulus” spending spree bill (which nobody in Congress actually read before voting it into law) created a new federal bureaucracy called the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology which reportedly will “monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective” with a goal to “reduce costs and ‘guide’ your doctor’s decisions.”

So, again, the government will be making your health care decisions for you.  Based on some bureaucrat’s assessment of how many tax dollars they feel you’re worth.

Finally, to top this all off, Obama and his fellow liberals will be passing the laws that will do this to you through the Senate using the budget reconciliation process that by-passes the filibuster and the 60 vote requirement for cloture.  Thus ensuring the Republicans don’t get a say.