Nationalized Health Care Hell: UK to Cut Millions of Operations to Control Costs – Seniors Hardest Hit
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, June 5, 2010, 4:29 PM
Thanks Barack… Thanks Pelosi… Thanks Dems…
Look what we have to look forward to – death panels.
Great Britain is looking to cut billions from their broken nationalized health care system by cutting millions of operations. Of course, the elderly will be hardest hit.
The Daily Mail reported:
Millions of patients face losing NHS care as bosses prepare to axe treatments to make £20billion of savings by 2014, a top doctor has warned.
Among procedures being targeted by health trusts are hernias, joint replacements, ear and nose procedures, varicose veins and cataract surgery.
Dr Mark Porter, chairman of the British Medical Association’s consultants committee, warned NHS bosses wanted ‘wholesale reductions in budgets’.
He said primary care trusts – which commission care – are already compiling lists of ‘low value’ operations that would no longer be provided.
These include hip replacements for obese patients and some operations for hernias and gallstones. Procedures for varicose veins, ear and nose problems including grommets in children are also not funded in some areas.
Dr Porter said it was wrong to impose blanket bans on such procedures when some patients might benefit.
The Blog Prof has posted Dr. Ezekial’s death panel chart that explains how the elderly will be hardest hit.
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jonyjoe101 commented:
That won’t happen here in the US. Bernake (helicopter ben) has already said he will be dropping money out of helicopters to pay the bills.
The UK just doesn’t know “economics 101″, the government owns the printing press. Print how much money you need. Obama knows all about “economics 101″ and the printing press is his best friend.
Dennis Thompson commented:
The Arctic Fox (Sarah Palin) proved right again, as usual.
Muck commented:
The sad news is that it’s too late, as health care has passed here and will soon deliver rationing and higher costs, just like everywhere else.
You wonder how much this latest economic downturn is do to the lack of private sector hiring, and if that’s because there are unknown costs heading our way with mandated health care.
xxx commented:
there is no healthcare, this was Hussein trying to kill people, in which it apperanty will work. He loves to see death. He is a sick animal and needs to abort himself as soon as possible.
bg commented:
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well it costs money to keep those out of work jihadists, their 4 wives & 24 kids clothed, fed, and a roof over their head, or lose yours.. you evil (fitb) infidels.. glad that can’t happen here.. you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! oh wait..
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NeoKong commented:
I’m sure that once we get to single payer and the SEIU take over things will go real smooth here.
This time it’s gonna’ work.
Sandy from Chesterfield commented:
Here is a quote from obama’s nominee to be the director of CMS.
“I am romantic about the National Health Service. I love it,” Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama’s nominee to be director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service he has said about the British health care system. His favorite part of British health care seems to be its rationing arm, the National Institute for Clinical Effectiveness (NICE).
Taikgunner commented:
Once again: Nationalized healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tailgunner commented:
oops
Andrew commented:
This proves Mark Steyn’s point of the one place where costs are controlled in a government run system is the end user.
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