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    Score 1 for gov't run healthcare, 90 yr old man has heart operation in England

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/23/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1

    For all those who claim places with gov't healthcare must ration healthcare here's a story about a man in England having an heart operation at the ripe old age of 90...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mriddick View Post
    http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/23/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1

    For all those who claim places with gov't healthcare must ration healthcare here's a story about a man in England having an heart operation at the ripe old age of 90...
    Every government run program has slip ups.

    Actually, this is one of the concerns that I have with the falicy of everyone having equal access to health care, some will have a more equal access than others. Sort of like Communism, only exactly the same.
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    Of course if your Prince Philip!
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    just try and take our NHS. go on, i dear ya!
    a healthy diet of sex, drugs, guns and socialism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gun Toting Lefty View Post
    just try and take our NHS. go on, i dear ya!
    You mean "dare ya" I hope, although it is nice to be liked...

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    Well, you can't exactly let royalty die off, can you? After all, it just wouldn't look good to the rest of the world.

    Now, let a 90 yr. old, homeless man get a blocked artery and see what happens....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gun Toting Lefty View Post
    just try and take our NHS. go on, i dear ya!
    It is your country, I don't think we would ever try to take make you do away with it. The IMF may, but not the US. It is nice to have an example of what some in our country want so we can make a determination of whether we want that for ourselves as well, though.
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    Yes Mr Riddick, socialism will save us all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5.56NATO View Post
    Yes Mr Riddick, socialism will save us all.
    Make sure you understand the value of sarcasm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gun Toting Lefty View Post
    just try and take our NHS. go on, i dear ya!
    No thanks, you can keep it, because that jolly good NHS does such a wonderful job looking out for you chaps.

    Women 'being denied drug to treat advanced breast cancer'
    Cancer patient 'denied treatment' Almost dead at 52
    Laid bare, scandal of the postcode lottery for dementia care
    CANCER PATIENTS DENIED TREATMENT AND LEFT TO DIE
    Patients denied heart drugs
    Patients are denied vital cardiac rehab treatment
    Heart patients could be denied life-saving NHS treatment 'due to cost'
    Women heart attack victims 'are dying needlessly'
    Patients denied 'blindness' drug

    I could put these up all day long. Get a clue.
    Better yet, get a statistic.

    Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:
    U.S. 93%
    England 15%
    Canada 43%

    Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
    U.S. 90%
    England 15%
    Canada 43%

    Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
    U.S. 77%
    England 40%
    Canada 43%

    Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
    U.S. 71
    England 14
    Canada 18

    Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in “excellent health”:
    U.S. 12%
    England 2%
    Canada 6%

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