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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Sebilius had the opportunity to make a stand. She would not be overruling a decision made by doctors in this case, she would be siding with them, respecting their expertise. That she chose not to do this is very telling[/quote]

She would be siding with one set of doctors against the advice of other doctors. There is a process for changing the donor policy and Sebilius has asked that that process be followed in order to consider changing the policy. But, it is an amazing contradiction for you to demand that a Federal official take a unilateral action while criticizing the involvement of Federal officials. Do you really want a system in which our healthcare decisions are made unilaterally by the Secretary of Health? If anything, you should be demanding that Sebilius stay out of the process.

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In this particular case, this girl was determined to be able to use adult lungs. Case-by-case basis. My point is the Feds have no business in this AT ALL so it should have never fallen to HHS to begin with. This is a decision best left between doctors and patients. That HAS been what I've been stating all along. But that's utopia - it's not how things ARE and ObamaCare does not fix that; it gives HHS more power, not less.

Right NOW, Sebelius does have power, and since that power lies within the Feds, it's slow and cumbersome. Good medicine involves quick decisions, quick review, etc. Federal government has proven time and again that they aren't equipped for that type of decision-making.  [/quote]

Once Sebelius took herself out of the process, the Feds didn't have a role. That is exactly what you want. But, in this instance, you not only want a Federal role, but you want the Feds to overrule the medical professionals. Yes, this girl's doctors think she needs a lung? But, what about the doctors of other patients that think those patients need lungs? Which doctors should win the debate? The current policy was developed to avoid such questions. But, you want that policy voided and put in the hands of a single Fed. That is the opposite of keeping the Feds out of the process.

If you want to argue that the Secretary of Health should be able to overrule policies, that fine. But, it is hypocritical to do that while simultaneously criticizing the role of the Feds in healthcare. Either you want them involved or you don't.
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