May 13, 2004
Getting Your Head On Straight
The poster child for avoiding government run health care at any cost...
A Utah woman has finally had hear skull re-attached, after waiting four months for the surgery. This is not a joke.
One of the frequent points made by those opposing a government run system are the long waits for elective and non-emergency surgery in countries with government-managed health care. If an article like this doesn't bring home what that future will look like here, it should.
But didn't this happen here? Yeah... with Medicaid, which is... government-managed health care.
Solving the high costs of care in this country requires addressing the undergirding cost factors - paperwork and process, ridiculous litigation, regulatory overload, pharamaceuticals cost subsidized by the open US market - and not by looking for Uncle Sugar's deep pockets.
We're from the government, and we're here to help you by deciding when and how we can re-attach your skull...
Posted by MEC2 at May 13, 2004 04:46 PM