Wednesday, October 14, 2009

British Healthcare System On Life Support


Yes sir. I want a health care system modeled after the British system. Healthcare is so great and having the government oversee everything just makes everything hunky dory.
Almost half of hospitals fail to meet fully the core standards of care despite a decade of Government investment in the NHS, according to the health regulator’s annual report.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) warns today that more than 40 health trusts are at risk of being refused new licences to operate, which will be issued next April.

The report, an annual assessment of quality of care and financial management of NHS organisations, concludes that while there have been significant improvements in waiting times, tackling superbugs and controlling budgets, many trusts are still failing the basic requirements of good care.

Welllll okay so maybe the quality of care may suffer a little teeny tiny bit, but the cost have been reduced and the taxpayers are getting a good deal. Well maybe not.
The registration process risks embarrassing the Government, which has spent an extra £50 billion in real terms on the NHS in the past ten years. It will take place weeks before a general election, widely expected for May 6.

But our government is sooo much better then the one in the UK. Why look at all of our success stories, like the Post Office, Amtrak, the Senate cafeteria.

What is it going to take to convince those pinheads on Capitol Hill that we don't want a government takeover of our healthcare system, we just want to address the parts that don't work well. I personally don't want to go in to my doctors office and there is Madeline Albright with a rubber glove telling me to drop my pants, turn my head and cough.

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