...The Health Technology Assessment program's director, Leah Hole-Curry, was appointed last year as a governor of the comparative effectiveness board established by ObamaCare. The national board is known as the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, yet at an early meeting in November, Ms. Hole-Curry and the other 14 governors debated whether or not patients were the institute's "primary constituents."...
[emphasis mine -Cavaturaccioli]
Review & Outlook: The Pro-Diabetes Board - WSJ.com
A clear cut case of politicians overriding the judgements of physicians.