Rationed Government Health Care

[somarco]

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you . . .

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* Hip and knee replacements only being allowed where patients are in severe pain. Overweight patients will be made to lose weight before being considered for an operation.

* Cataract operations being withheld from patients until their sight problems "substantially" affect their ability to work.

* Patients with varicose veins only being operated on if they are suffering "chronic continuous pain", ulceration or bleeding.

* Tonsillectomy (removing tonsils) only to be carried out in children if they have had seven bouts of tonsillitis in the previous year.

* Grommets to improve hearing in children only being inserted in "exceptional circumstances" and after monitoring for six months.

 

[taterpeeler]

already happened to my FIL, he needed knee replacement and they made him wait over a year then made him travel by train 3 hours to get it done. also, only a handfull of pain meds.

gotta love socialized med. in sweden

 

[STIBROKER]

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[Guest]

In the meantime, in this country:

Gov't: Health tab to hit $4.6 trillion in 2020 - Yahoo! Finance
UK-type rationing would help cut that down some huh .

 

[taterpeeler]

Dang scott... i cant watch it due to not being in the USA

 

[Expat]

A few months ago I read an article about a Hospital in London, two hundred babies were born there. ONLY 15% of them born to English parents.
This European common market has caused a massive influx of poor people from Poland, Hungary, Romania etc. etc. flooding into England and they have overwhelmed the system. Also they have allowed chain migration from India and Pakistan.
However I have no sympathy for the English, they were stupid to join. It will not be long before the same scenario will be played out here.

 

[taterpeeler]

well... at least he aint died yet....lol, what a little baby

 

[somarco]

two hundred babies were born there. ONLY 15% of them born to English parents.

We have a similar problem here but not as skewed.

Over half the deliveries in GA are paid for by Medicaid. While some are citizens many are illegals from south of the border.

 

[Dowejonez]

* Hip and knee replacements only being allowed where patients are in severe pain. Overweight patients will be made to lose weight before being considered for an operation.

Not such a bad idea. Four or five extra pounds of weight feels like 40 to 50 pounds on a knee. Put that cheeseburger down.


I came back and edited that. I think that's right....about 10:1.