claim: the economic stimulus bill created a council that's "modeled after the national board that controls britain’s health system."
author: conservatives for patients' rights
evidence_1: feb 20, 2009 ... republican lawmakers have been saying some alarming things about what the  economic stimulus legislation will do to the u.s. health care system. rep. ... 13  saying: "for all its faults, perhaps the most shameful provision in the non-stimulus  bill is the creation of a national health care rationing board.
evidence_2: feb 19, 2009 ... when i first heard about the new emphasis on comparative clinical effectiveness  research (ccer) in obama's economic stimulus bill i thought, ... some have  suggested that the fcc is the first step toward an organization modeled after  britain's national institute of health and clinical excellence (nice).
evidence_3: feasibility study also benefited from the contributions of the following consultants,  seconded ... the ahelo feasibility study economics assessment. 116 .....  national centre. ncme. national council on measurement in education. nier.  national institute for educational policy research. niloa. national institute for  learning ...
evidence_4: aug 20, 2009 ... critics call attention to two regulatory boards created by the health care portions  of the stimulus bill: the national coordinator of health information .... the cer  panel is modeled after the board in the uk's national health system called the  national institute for health and clinical excellence, or nice.
evidence_5: taiwan had a system much like ours, multi-payer, dysfunctional, and broken; they  made the switch just a decade ago, though some people said it could not be  done, .... [the statement of dr. tsou follows:] prepared statement of dr. walter  tsou, national board advisor, physicians for a national health program  congressman ...