Ravenwood - 12/16/05 07:00 AM
Those that push for socialized medicine (a/k/a Hillarycare) usually talk about health care as a basic civil right. But in England where government controlled health care is a reality, people are being turned away because of their bad habits.
People who are grossly overweight, who smoke heavily or drink excessively could be denied surgery or drugs following a decision by a Government agency yesterday.So after making people dependent on the government, the next step is to tell them how to live their lives. I wonder if they consider AIDS to be self-inflicted and would deny treatment to those with promiscuous sexual behavior? Or for another matter, pregnancy. I'm not just talking about abortions, but natal care (that's 'child birf' to those of you who went to public skool). For the most part pregnancy is preventable, and perhaps taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for people who can't keep their legs together.The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) which advises on the clinical and cost effectiveness of treatments for the NHS, said that in some cases the "self-inflicted" nature of an illness should be taken into account.
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It's going to happen here too. The VA told us that they would, in the future, no longer provide treatment for smoking related illnesses if patients continued to smoke.
Posted by: mikem at December 16, 2005 4:09 AMThis is the actual reason for socialized everything: to bully the despised.
Posted by: Brett at December 16, 2005 8:16 AMI interviewed for Baylor College of Medicine and was asked if I believed health care was a basic right. The interviewer looked shocked when I replied in the negative.
There is a lot of socialism in academic medicine.
If they're TURNED AWAY that's torture. Just look at the etymology.
Posted by: Ron Hardin at December 16, 2005 7:57 PMHILLARY HEALTHCARE take your kid to the local witch doctor and OOO EE OO AAHH AHH BING BANG WALLA WALLA BING BANG and HE OLNY HAVE COLD TAKE HIM HOME AND MAKE SOME CHICKEN SOUP
Posted by: sandpiper at December 16, 2005 9:59 PMhealthcare is not limitless. you eliminate the price, you have rationing. true of anything
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