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2008-01-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

NHS To Give Up On That Whole 'Treating The Sick' Thing

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-28 15:29|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Welcome to the future.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-01-28 15:37|| 2008-01-28 15:37|| Front Page Top

#2 What about AIDS patients?

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-28 16:52|| 2008-01-28 16:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Few realize that this common sense approach is already done to keep hospitals profitable. Many doctors will not do surgery on slow-to-heal-smokers, especially by-passes, the obese, or even the elderly as they often cannot survive the risks of anesthesia. "No Extreme Measures" are the norm in nursing homes as merely prolonging life regardless of quality is senseless. Fertility treatments at state expense is ridiculous; if you can't afford it you have no business having children you can't afford, especially when the risk of multiple births is so high! State-paid abortions, contraceptives, and vasectomies should be mandatory for those single parents on the dole after having 2 kids you can't support! The cost of medical care in Britain would go down considerably if they didn't give all immigrants generous benefits in the name of "human rights". Health care for citizens only, with digital oversight to eliminate fraud and abuse, is actually do-able, however.

Posted by Danielle 2008-01-28 16:52|| 2008-01-28 16:52|| Front Page Top

#4 They can put old people out on ice floes. Oh, wait ... global warming.

Posted by DMFD 2008-01-28 19:29|| 2008-01-28 19:29|| Front Page Top

#5 "One in three said that elderly patients should not be given free treatment if it were unlikely to do them good for long."

You think health care is expensive now, wait 'till you see how much it costs once it's free. >:-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-28 21:52|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-28 21:52|| Front Page Top

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