Socialized medicine is a failure! When you are associating with socialist liberals, and they declare that socialized medicine works in other countries, I have news for them. It might have been true several years ago but as the European societies lost their youth, the system broke down! Europeans tossed out religion and therefore morality. Many chose not to marry or have children. Those that did reproduce had far fewer children than their ancestors and therefore, European countries do not have enough young people paying taxes to support aging societies! Where do you suppose the wealthy Europeans come to get their medical needs taken care of? America…..of course. So far, we have the greatest healthcare system in the world! If you are voting to allow these liberals in control of our country to nationalize healthcare, please, please, I beg you to give Europe a closer look. Once we go in that direction, I do not know that we could ever go back. I am seriously afraid for my grandchildren. I am 66 so the socialists believe I am elderly, so my care is secured. Those under 55 should be afraid!!!!!
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Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) was created on July 5, 1948. As with all government programs, bureaucrats underestimated initial cost projections. First-year operating costs of NHS were 52 million pounds higher than original estimates1 as Britons saturated the so-called free system.
Many decades of shortages, misery and suffering followed until 1989, when some market-based health care competition was reintroduced to the British citizens2.
Unfortunately for those requiring care, a mostly socialist health care system still has problems. The articles and commentaries listed below are only a few of the disasters caused by government intervention in the British health care system.
Only five out of 51 hospital trusts pass hygiene test, say inspectors- Sarah Boseley, November 24, 2008 [Guardian Unlimited]
Heart patients dying due to poor hospital care, says report- Sarah Boseley, June 8, 2008 [Guardian Unlimited]
NHS dentistry loses almost a million patients after new dentists' contract- David Rose, June 6, 2008 [The Times]
Private healthcare managers could be sent to turn round failing NHS hospitals- Philip Webster, Political Editor, and David Rose, June 4, 2008 [The Times]
Cancer patients ‘betrayed’ by NHS- Sarah-Kate Templeton, June 1, 2008 [The Times]
NHS scandal: dying cancer victim was forced to pay- Sarah-Kate Templeton, June 1, 2008 [The Times]
Pensioner, 76, forced to pull out own teeth after 12 NHS dentists refuse to treat her- Olinka Koster, March 26, 2008 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Dental patients face care lottery- March 26, 2008 [Metro(UK)]
Lung patients 'condemned to death as NHS withdraws their too expensive drugs'- Jenny Hope, March 24, 2008 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Other European countries:
Sweden Edges Toward Free-Market Medicine- A. Wess Mitchell, August 31, 2001 [NCPA]
Netherlands aims to tackle health divideSocioeconomic inequalities remain similar to those in the United Kingdom and Scandinavian countries, despite a sustained effort over 20 years. - Tony Sheldon, October 13, 2001 [British Medical Journal]
A Hard Lesson About Socialized MedicineEuropeans are now learning some hard facts of life about socialized medicine: there's no such thing as a free lunch.- September 23, 1996 [CATO]
Paying The Price For Drugs In EuropeWhether they admit it or not, those who advocate 'making drugs more affordable for American seniors' are actually headed down a slippery slope to price controls, free-market analysts charge.- Stephen D. Moore, July 21, 2000 [NCPA]
Canada
Parliament unanimously passed the Canada Health Act in 1984 and established a single-payer, publicly-financed health care system. To ensure a true government monopoly (is there any other kind?) Canadian provinces outlawed private health insurance.
Chaoulli v. Quebec UPDATE (June 9, 2005): In a 4 to 3 decision, the Canadian Supreme Court struck down Quebec's law that prohibits private medical insurance.
Surgery postponed indefinitely for 1,000 Kelowna patients- Cathryn Atkinson, April 8, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Majority of Que. dentists quit health-care system- March 27, 2008 [CTV.ca]
Why Ontario keeps sending patients south- Lisa Priest, February 22, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Will Socialized Health Care in the US Kill Canadians?- Don Surber, March 3, 2008 [Acton Institute]
Wait times for surgery, medical treatments at all-time high: report- October 15, 2007 [CBC News (Canada)]
The Ugly Truth About Canadian Health Care- David Gratzer, Summer 2007 [City Journal]
Cancer patients question why PET scan not covered- May 28, 2007 [CBC News]
BC Medical Association: Waiting Too Long
New Zealand:
Surgical waiting lists numbers come under twin attacks- November 15, 2004 [stuff.co.nz]
Hospital Waiting Lists Under Serious Pressure- October 26, 2004 [Scoop New Zealand News]
Hundreds on waiting list as hospital pleads for help- August 23, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Private hospitals offer help with waiting lists- August 12, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Alarm over GP shortage- July 5, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Hospital urges patients to stay away unless really ill- March 6, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Australia:
Public patients wait longer for surgery- June 29, 2005 [The Sydney Morning Herald]
Painful wait for care- Luke McIlveen, February 17, 2005 [Herald Sun (Australia)]
Hospitals crippled by poor planning- Ruth Pollard, December 1, 2004 [Sydney Morning Herald]
Operating theatres shut to save cash as thousands wait for surgery- Nick O'Malley, November 23, 2004 [Sydney Morning Herald]
Private funds creating 'two-tier' health system- David Uren, November 3, 2004 [The Australian]
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