EA - Bill prohibiting the use of QALYs in US healthcare decisions? by gordoni

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Bill prohibiting the use of QALYs in US healthcare decisions?, published by gordoni on March 12, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.Is anyone familiar with H.R. 485? It has been introduced in the House, but it is not yet law.According to the CRS "This bill prohibits all federal health care programs, including the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and federally funded state health care programs (e.g., Medicaid) from using prices that are based on quality-adjusted life years (i.e., measures that discount the value of a life based on disability) to determine relevant thresholds for coverage, reimbursements, or incentive programs".I think the motivation might be to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities, but it seems to me like it goes too far.It seems to me it would prevent the use of QALYs for making decisions such as is a particular cure for blindness worthwhile, and how might it compare to treatments for other diseases and conditions.Is anyone familiar with this bill and able to shed more light on it?Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.