What I was trying to tell your mother in 1993:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs

“One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions”

In other words, if you’re 60 years old with diabetes, you may just have to live with it instead of getting treatment.  And if you’re 80 with heart disease?  Well, we’ll be sure to send flowers to the funeral.