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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
I am very sorry to hear that.
But one heartbreaking case should not make policy.
I am against socialized medicine. It failed miserably in Canada, the UK, and elsewhere. Former Eastern European countries have dropped it and are moving to a more western/ capitalist format.
No one, not even the most hardened communist, would want death panels by design. But there is no way to avoid them. Universal health care will so overwhelm resources that it will result in government rationing of healthcare. Death Panels are unavoidable.
The current system needs to be fixed, but not by trading big insurance for big brother.
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i'm guessing you're an ill imformed reader of the ill informed right wing press who have been bashing the british nhs as a means of undermining Obama's plans. you were no doubt reading the article that stated:
“People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless,”
firstly hawking is british (the nearest he comes to being american is the accent in his digitised voice)
secondly he lives in the uk
and thirdly he has treatment under the nhs and this is what he had to say about it. “I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS,” he said. “I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.”