Great moments in socialized medicine
July 30th, 2007 at 12:04 pm . by nuke“I could be dead by then.”
Proponents of Hillary-Care, or fans of the propagandist movie “Sicko” would do well to study the actual day to day operation of socialized medicine before trying to impose it upon the United States.
This is the story of Olive Beal: a retired London piano teacher and former activist in the Suffragette Movement, who was told that she must wait eighteen months before she can receive a new hearing aid. At age 108, with failing eyesight and confined to a wheelchair, Mrs. Beal’s 5 year old analog hearing aid no longer functions effectively for her.
Her family said they had been shocked to be told there was an 18-month waiting list by the Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust. A digital hearing aid costs about £1,000 on the open market.
Maria Scott, 52, her granddaughter, said: “After having a hearing test on Wednesday they said, ‘yes, she does need a digital hearing aid, but there is an 18-month waiting list’.
“I would have thought they would take her age into account as she probably has not got 18 months to wait.
“Olive has worked hard from the age of 16 to her late 60s and paid taxes. She has been healthy all her life and lived with her daughter until 15 years ago - she has never sponged off the state. I thought a 108-year-old deserved to be treated better than this.”
I still think the best line I heard about the idyllic Cuban healthcare system praised in Moore’s movie was along the lines of………..
“The best health care in Cuba is found at Gitmo. “
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 7/30/2007 9:35:16 PM
I haven’t been to Mexico for awhile; do they still set the old folks alongside the roads that tourists frequent with their cups?
I don’t know, Swampie. I haven’t been to San Antonio in a long time.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 7/30/2007 9:24:05 PM
GAD, I’ve got NIH on the brain because I’ve been doing some (online) research there today. I believe that lady’s particular acronym on her sign should be ECKPCT. I’m going to take a long vacation.
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at 7/30/2007 8:51:33 PM
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Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 7/30/2007 8:32:25 PM
I think perhaps the family should set granny out in her wheelchair with a begging cup, and a sign saying “will work for hearing aids since I can’t get any from NIH”.
I haven’t been to Mexico for awhile; do they still set the old folks alongside the roads that tourists frequent with their cups?
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 7/30/2007 6:31:43 PM
Not to mention the people that they are denying joint replacements to on the grounds that they are “too fat” but is a money-saving move. (Not to mention exercise is a tad difficult if you cannot actually walk.)
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 7/30/2007 6:32:34 PM
And one person weighed 6 lbs. too much so she was “obese” and could not have the surgery. Based on that markedly accurate (not) predictor, the BMI.
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