| − | The '''Complete Lives System''' is a system of rationing within the 2009 '''[[Obamacare]]''' law, also known as '''[[The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]'''.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/7/the-coming-obamacare-rationing/ URIBE: The coming Obamacare rationing], [[Washington Times]]</ref> | + | The '''Complete Lives System''' is a system of rationing within the 2009 '''[[Obamacare]]''' law, also known as '''[[The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]'''.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/7/the-coming-obamacare-rationing/ URIBE: The coming Obamacare rationing], [[Washington Times]]</ref> |
| − | According to the system's creator, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the '''Complete Lives System''' prioritizes younger people who have "not yet lived a complete life" over the elderly who have completely lived their lives.<ref>[http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673609601379.pdf Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions], Quote: "We recommend an alternative system - the complete lives system - which prioritises younger people who have not yet lived a complete life, and also incorporates prognosis, save the most lives, lottery, and instrumental value principles."</ref><ref>[https://pjmedia.com/blog/ezekiel-emanuel-gleefully-predicts-the-death-of-private-health-insurance-companies/ Ezekiel Emanuel Gleefully Predicts the Death of Private Health Insurance Companies]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=acb9DLmd1G8C&pg=PT20 Obama Health Law: What It Says and How to Overturn It], Betsy McCaughey</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Yvk0XVqBOB8C&pg=PA458&lpg=PA458&dq=complete+lives+system Congressional Record], December 18th, 2009</ref> | + | According to the system's creator, Dr. [[Ezekiel Emanuel]], the '''Complete Lives System''' prioritizes younger people who have "not yet lived a complete life" over the elderly who have completely lived their lives.<ref>[http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673609601379.pdf Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions], Quote: "We recommend an alternative system - the complete lives system - which prioritises younger people who have not yet lived a complete life, and also incorporates prognosis, save the most lives, lottery, and instrumental value principles."</ref><ref>[https://pjmedia.com/blog/ezekiel-emanuel-gleefully-predicts-the-death-of-private-health-insurance-companies/ Ezekiel Emanuel Gleefully Predicts the Death of Private Health Insurance Companies]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=acb9DLmd1G8C&pg=PT20 Obama Health Law: What It Says and How to Overturn It], Betsy McCaughey</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Yvk0XVqBOB8C&pg=PA458&lpg=PA458&dq=complete+lives+system Congressional Record], December 18th, 2009</ref> |
| | Critics of the '''Complete Lives System''' call the care curve a grim "Reaper Curve".<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/article/obamacare-s-most-harmful-secret-is-the-grim-reaper-curve-allocation-system Obamacare's most harmful secret is the grim "Reaper Curve" allocation system ]</ref> | | Critics of the '''Complete Lives System''' call the care curve a grim "Reaper Curve".<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/article/obamacare-s-most-harmful-secret-is-the-grim-reaper-curve-allocation-system Obamacare's most harmful secret is the grim "Reaper Curve" allocation system ]</ref> |