Here is a most interesting report from British news service Reuters, no evil conservative news outlet. Where did I hear about the Reuters report? ABC-NBC-CBS? No. CNN-CNBC-MSNBC-Public TV-NPR? No, not them, either. Why, it was on the Rush Limbaugh Program.
Oh, yeah: we definitely need some of this superior British-style free socialist health care over here. Can't say I've ever been treated to anything like this. They certainly seemed quite concerned about keeping their costs down. You don't suppose there was any rationing going on, do you? Well, at least we'd never have to worry about that happening here. For some reason, these Brits didn't seem to have much of an incentive to take care of the poor patients in this lovely hospital. Of course, they do have a centralized system, so shouldn't all the hospitals be the same? But that would make them all like this. No, that's ridiculous; this is Great Britain, a socialist utopia. No, perhaps some capitalist insurance companies sneaked in. No, no; the article specifically states it was an NHS--that's National Health Service--hospital. Hmm. . . I wonder what that missing incentive could be. . . . You don't suppose it's profit, do you? Aaaaachhhh! I feel dirty even suggesting it. But wait a minute; where else did they try (only for about 70 years, though) central planning without the incentive of profit? Oh, it's on the tip of my tongue. . . Swaziland, Soweto. . . Soviet Union! But they were communists. We don't have any of those here. Well, I mean, except Van Jones. Oh, and that lady in the Obama administration who admires Mao as one of her favorite political philosophers (well, he was responsible for tens of millions of dead comrades, but nobody's perfect). And that union ally of Obama's who agrees with Mao that power comes from the barrel of a gun. Well, that's just poetry or something, right? Ach! It's all coincidence! And lies, lies! Oh, excuse me; there I go sounding like Stalin or. . . like Obama.
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Brian, glad to see you are concerned about what goes on in my wife's homeland, but what does this or the NHS have to do with America exactly?
by the way.....IN the UK, a trust is a hospital outside of the typical NHS owned hospital. A trust is more of a for profit venture that has to abide by certain NHS regulations, but are given considerable leeway in how to achieve those regulations while turning a profit. The government does not own them. Yes the NHS probably failed to recognize the problems early enough, but no more so than the Army and Walter Reed problems or some of the hygienic problems found in our hospitals from time to time.
Still not sure what this has to do with the United States. If I didn't know better, it's almost as if you are wanting more regulation of our hospitals in order to make sure nothing like this happens in our country.
Tom, your mistaken premise is that the main issue at stake here is health care. Actually, everyone in the US already has health care and the vast majority have insurance.
The issue at stake in the current debate is the matter of how much the citizens of this country want the government to be involved in their personal affairs.
We all recognize that the government is already involved in all sorts of things that affect us every day . . . and yes, sometimes for the better. Having said that, isn't there a place where all reasonable people can see that enough is enough? WEe can disagree about where the line should be drawn, but can't we agree that there is, indeed, a line? And can't reasonable people at least politiely disagree about whether the government is capable of managing the health care industry all that effectively?
Nice try, Tom. Wrong. I recommend you consult the NHS's own web site and read about trusts. http://www.nhs.uk/choices/EasyRead.aspx#Authorities-Trusts.
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