Government Run Healthcare
Wait a second…you’re saying that if the government controls my healthcare I don’t have as many choices…shocking…just shocking. See what’s happening in the UK now:
Health Minister Brian Gibbons approved the use of cetuximab in June, making Welsh patients the first in the UK to receive the drug.
But the UK’s health watchdog said on Monday it would not recommend its use as it was not cost effective.
Oncologist Professor John Wagstaff said the decision was a “significant blow”.
Cetuximab can delay the spread of advanced cancer and shrink tumours. It is prescribed to patients when all other forms of cancer therapy have failed.
In Wales, suitable patients can currently receive 18 weeks of treatment on the NHS, costing £600 a week.
But The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has published final recommendations which conclude the treatment is not “a good use of scarce NHS resources”.
Deputy chief executive Andrea Sutcliffe said: “The evidence available on cetuximab does not compare it to current standard treatment and therefore we are not able to assess whether it is any better than existing treatments or whether the NHS could justify spending money on the drug.”
Pro socialized healthcare proponents believe that the government is capable of providing for all your needs, that’s of course if it falls into their budget. Government run medicine is a line item on a budget, and while you might argue that insurance companies offer little difference, the fact is they don’t. There are hundreds, if not thousands of health insurance providers in the United States, some more effective, and some expensive than others, but when all else fails, you have the option to pay for yourself, outside the bureaucracy. That’s why Canadians and Brits come here…private industry for a long time wasn’t even allowed to participate in the healthcare process in Canada, but that’s slowly changing.
Any time that the government steps in, choice disappears, and it becomes a line item on a budget, often times controlled and voted on by people who have little or no expertise on the issues that they vote. National Security, the government can have…but not my prescription drugs…regulate the quality, but stay out of the process.
OH MY GOD!!! How can we be talking about human healthcare when psycho killer raccoons are terrorizing Olympia? Killing and eating cats!? The poor misunderstood darlings…the raccoons not the cats. We must abandon Olympia to the wilds, wipe the human stain off the face of the Earth…
Um..oh..my slip is showing isn’t it.
Sorry just another JOE
Michael Moore promoting government run health care, what a joke. Hard to believe that anyone will pay $9.50 to see one of his movies, especially after the 911 FARCE. Gives one a good idea of the intellect he appeals to. Anyone who will pay to see this movie and support this so called universal health care program deserves the medical help they receive. Recently in Canada, due to their fabulous health care system, people are getting tired of having to wait months or years for needed tests and surgeries. It is actually Illegal there to obtain your own private health insurance, is this what we want for America?? Next the government will be making it illegal to eat certain foods or drink certain drinks, otherwise you will not be eligible for the universal health care. Seems to me that the Insurance companies are definitely in the politicians pockets, our health insurance premiums have skyrocted in the past few years, premiums have increased by as much as 87%, the doctors and insurance companies are getting fatter and fatter from this idea that everyone needs health insurance, just another politcal scheme for money making. Do these people actually believe that Billary in fact cares about their health?????