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The first time Hillary Clinton tried to reform our nation's health care, the mishmash of regulation, market force, and coercion that came from her committee collapsed under its own weight and was rejected by the Congress. It was too complicated and it ignored the wishes and experiences of doctors and patients.
Her new plan, with its blind faith in information technology and electronic medical records, will collapse as well ("Sen. Clinton Eyes EMRs as New Key to Reform," April 1, 2004, p. 26).
Instead of empowering physicians and patients, the electronic methodologies will be used to secure power for the management cadre of the health care industry. That is what happened the first time whole-scale reform was attempted and that is what will happen the next time if Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) has her way.
Rather than start a new round of coercive payment techniques that drag every physician in the United States into the same rat hole, ...