The U.S. House passed H.R. 485, the Protecting Care for All Patients Act,  which would prohibit federal health programs from using discriminatory measures known as Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs.) The bill passed by a vote of 211 to 208, with Democrats voting against it. QALYs let the federal government reduce or end care for people with … Continue reading Ice floe or health care? Peltola votes against a bill that calls for end of government’s eugenics formula