More Death Panel Evidence: Health Rationing In England: Obese And Smokers Banned From Routine Surgery

in #socialism7 years ago

First a veritable "death panel" decides the fate of Charlie Gard, preventing his parents from even seeking out-of-pocket treatment.

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And now the left's gold standard of "single payer" / "socialized medicine" is rationing life-saving procedures, denying them to people they deem --let's be honest here-- "physically inferior".

For those who extol the virtues of socialized medicine, and protest that it could never, never, ever lead to rationing, here’s a wake-up call from Great Britain.

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Reminds me of NAZI (aka socialist) Eugenics of the last century.

We've also written about it the reemergence of death panels here.

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Rationing of healthcare will occur under any system, even in the U.S.

The only difference between NHS rationing -- which, in my opinion, is more like triage than a "death panel" -- and the one in the U.S. is that theirs is based on health status and the American rationing is based on price. It's quite possible that someone not allowed to receive surgery for non-life-threatening procedures in Great Britain would be allowed to receive such a surgery in the U.S. ... but only if they could pay for it.

Frankly, I think it's fairer for non-emergency surgeries to be performed according to health status rather than ability to pay.