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ETA: This guy is too awesome:
ETA: This guy is too awesome:
Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives.
Now, are all doctors saying this? No. Is NHS itself? No. But there's some interesting nuggets in here.
This is what gives me the creeps when Hillarycare is brought up.
When medicine is dispensed by the state, the state gets to decide what medicine is given out. The state is then able to use that power to influence citizens' behavior.
Why stop at the old, the obese and the smokers? There are so many other undesirable behaviors out there we should able to put the kibosh on.
(Hm, is it ironic that I'm watching Demolition Man right now?)
Now, are all doctors saying this? No. Is NHS itself? No. But there's some interesting nuggets in here.
This is what gives me the creeps when Hillarycare is brought up.
When medicine is dispensed by the state, the state gets to decide what medicine is given out. The state is then able to use that power to influence citizens' behavior.
Why stop at the old, the obese and the smokers? There are so many other undesirable behaviors out there we should able to put the kibosh on.
(Hm, is it ironic that I'm watching Demolition Man right now?)
Last post for the night, promise
Mar. 30th, 2007 11:37 pmIn Two Women, filmmakers Stuart Browning and Blaine Greenberg show that having the government determine health care access and priorities can have truly unfortunate consequences for some people. Set in Ontario, Canada - this powerful video serves as a cautionary example of where single-payer health care reform will lead if adopted in the United States.
National health care strikes again.
