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England Strikes Again

May 19, 2005 · Filed Under Health Care, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care 

I thought it was bad enough that the English didn’t want to treat the elderly but now I am reading that they don’t want to treat the sick and dying. A man was dying of a brain disease, his doctors did not want to give him basic life support. I am talking about nutrition and hydration. He wants to live and the government says, it would put a strain on them. They also said if they give in to that, then dying people will want other lifesaving measures. What planet am I on? If someone is bleeding to death are they going to say,” Sorry you had your blood and you look like you’re gonna die anyway, so we’re not going to give you anymore, it would be a waste”. Is this what happens when government is involved in health care?

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