Socialized Healthcare = Militant Social Engineering
Daniel posted this story from the telegraph which discusses a poll of doctors in Britain who believe medical procedures in their National Healthcare System should be withheld from the old or obese. I’ve stated before that I believe single payer healthcare solutions create a situation where government takes more responsibility than ever for engineering “acceptable” behavior. This story supports my concerns.
From the Telegraph:
Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives.
Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone.
Fertility treatment and “social” abortions are also on the list of procedures that many doctors say should not be funded by the state.
Admittedly most doctors in Britain aren’t saying things like this but a sizeable percentage are. I think a system like the British one garantees that in the long run government has a much greater stake in its citizens lives than it should. We don’t need something like that in the U.S.
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Jeremy,
Your comments explain exactly why I posed the story.
Comment by Daniel — January 28, 2008 @ 10:30 am