Health rationing and you
July 21st, 2009 | by Brian Schwartz |Here’s a humorous (but scary) look at how government rationing of health care would look in the United States:
For examples of it in Canada and Britain, Cal Thomas reviews a few recent headlines:
Here is what Britons face: “Kidney Cancer Patients Denied Life-saving Drugs by NHS Rationing Body NICE” (Daily Mail 4-29-09); “Girl, 3, Has Heart Operation Cancelled Three Times Because of Bed Shortage.” (Times online 4-23-09); “Our Cancer Shame: Survival Rates Still Lag Behind EU Despite Spending Billions.” (Daily Mail 3-20-09); “1,000 Villagers Wait for a Dentist After Just One NHS Practice Opens” (Daily Mail 3-10-09).
In Canada, which has far less access to advanced medical technology than the United States, waiting for treatment is also a common occurrence, as reflected in these headlines: “Surgery Postponed Indefinitely for 1,000 Kelowna Patients” (Globe and Mail 4-8-08); “Majority of Quebec Dentists Quit Health-Care System” (CTV 3-27-08); and “Why Ontario Keeps Sending Patients South,” (Globe and Mail 2-22-08).
For more examples, see here and here.
tags: coverage is not care, health care video, Obama Care, rationing health care
