Reminder from Britian: National Healthcare is a Disaster

Of course, it’s election time and those on the left love to rah-rah “free” health care. Most Democrats dream of innondating America with a hugely beaurocratic national healthcare system. These are headlines in only the last week in a quick scan of British news. Their so-called free health care is great if you don’t get sick. If you need surgery or a procedure, expect long waits. This is because it is a bloated government BEAUROCRACY. At least, if I don’t like my health care provider, I can switch!!! These poor Brits can’t do anything, yet it is “free.” Do you really want to face long waits if you need a procedure? Do you want to turn a visit to the doctor into a visit to the DMV? What’s worse is that

A Woman with an enlarged heart has had to wait more than two years for a scan, the Mail can reveal. Margaret Smith, 57, of Broadway, Goole, was first placed on a waiting list by her doctor in May 2002….. SICK kids in Renfrewshire are facing a six month wait for a vital test which helps to diagnose epilepsy. Shocking figures released yesterday reveal it can take up to 26 weeks for local children to receive a brain scan that allows doctors to discover exactly what is causing their seizures…. A FORMER NHS nurse suffering from malignant skin cancer was so disgusted with the prospect of waiting five months to see a specialist at Whipps Cross University Hospital that she turned to another hospital for treatment….. More than 100 beds are to close at a London hospital and thousands of patients kept off waiting lists because of NHS red tape, the Evening Standard has learned.