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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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From: Brumar89	2/1/2008 7:58:29 PM
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Keeping health costs down Simply do not provide the health services promised. Today’s example of why government-run health care is a bad idea does not come from Canada, where mothers have to fly 325 miles to Montana to give birth to quadruplets. Nor does it come from England, where a mother gave birth at home after being turned away by 2 hospitals that were trying to save money. Today’s example comes from Scotland where officials found a way to instantly pare down waiting lists for health services: Turn people down. Nicola Sturgeon, health secretary, announced that at long last, Scotland has solved its problem of long waiting lists for health services. No one is waiting more than 18 weeks for services, she said. That’s five months. Real speedy there. The day after her announcement, Nicol Stephen, the leader of the opposition party, announced that he discovered how this was done: People were being kicked off the list. He cited a woman who had been promised liposuction, but later received notice that she was being turned down for services. Apparently she received a letter from her doctor that said: “I am afraid I am writing to inform you of some bad news. “I have been instructed by hospital management to remove your name from my waiting list. The prime reason for this decision relates to the 18-week target for patient treatment which is now in enforcement. “I currently have a significant number of patients in breach of this and the simple solution by management is to reduce my waiting lists by removing patients’ names.” Liberals keep telling Americans how having government take over health care will “save” money. I am a conservative. I would rather have a health system that saves lives. The story is here. This entry was posted on Friday, February 1st, 2008 blogs.dailymail.com

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