Sunday, February 25, 2007

So you think you want Universal Healthcare?


While the United States lurches towards some kind of Universal Healthcare plan, the alternative is not always palatable.

From Britain's Telegraph Daily
A NHS surgeon today exposed how cash-strapped hospitals were being barred from operating on cancer patients who had not waited long enough.

Wayne Jaffe laid the blame for the appalling state of affairs at the feet of Tony Blair, with his vision of reduced waiting times and 24-hour surgery. In a withering assessment of the financial management of the health service, Mr Jaffe said that doctors were being restricted in getting waiting lists down by financial limitations and ever-changing targets.

The consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon, who specialises in skin cancer and breast reconstruction, said he and his colleagues are being prohibited from operating in non-urgent cases
unless the patient has been waiting for a minimum of 20 weeks.

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