Or to simplify:
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
— RR
Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem
— RR
One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.
— RR
My daughter has what appears to be some serious health issues. We won’t know exactly what is going on until she has tests. Because she’s under 18 none of the doctors around here will take her as a patient because they haven’t paid to be certified as pediatric practitioners. The tests she needs are the same regardless of age; her being under 18 has absolutely no impact on the tests or their interpretation. It’s just another regulation that the lawyers have put into the equation. If my daughter has cancer this delay could be very, very damaging. It’s the government getting in the way of her being able to receive potentially life-saving care.
In the eyes of government, it is better that she die on a waiting list than receive care from a qualified person who is perfectly capable but simply hasn’t paid a certification fee that does nothing to improve their skills.
The VA scandal comes closer to home than most people want to realize. Our family is hoping this delay will not be catastrophic for our daughter, but if it isn’t for her it could easily be for somebody else. The VA scandal is terrible for our vets who definitely deserve better, but the same kind of thing will happen to our young people as doctors leave their fields or reduce their hours because of government regulations.
Those who poo-pooh the VA scandal thinking it’s just about “old geezers who are gonna die anyway” need to rethink and get serious. First, what a low-life-jerkish way to think about our vets. But even if you’re gonna be a low-life towards our vets you’re morons if you think this same thing isn’t going to happen to civilians as well - including young people. It’s already happening and will only get worse.