Expert Says IPAB Will in Fact Lead to Rationed Care

Transcript, Ways & Means Committee Hearing, 03/06/12:

Chief Deputy Whip Roskam: "Rationing as you know is not defined in the statute. Let me ask you this: can you have per se rationing based on what the Independent Payment Advisory Board makes decisions to reimburse?"

Scott Gottlieb, M.D.: "Sure, you're going to have payment driven so low in some settings that certain services won't be available. Physicians won't be available to take patients."

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