[hoosier hick]

Makes a good commercial for ObamaCare...

hh

[DustyMoment]

If (lack of) Obamacare is passed, this type of horror will be in our future.

[from occupied ga]

government health care working exactly as planned (well maybe not exactly, they took six weeks to let her die rather than the allocated five days)

[Truth29]

Under Obamacare, this will be a cost containment measure, but it would have to work faster...

[GiovannaNicoletta]

bookmark

[Eye of Unk]

Our healthcare program in America will revive a famous actor using state of the art CGI, Edward G. Robinson will be the spokesman for all senior citizens.

In other news a new protein supplement will soon be available called Soylent Green.

[GnuHere]

Staff in a hospital who can’t speak English (in England)? Gee, how could anything go wrong?

At least if a taxi driver can’t speak English, the worst scenario is getting lost, not dying.

[Seruzawa]

An active pensioner admitted to hospital for routine treatment for a stomach bug died six weeks later following a series of 'blunders' by overworked lazy incompetent uncaring staff.

Fixed it.

[popdonnelly]

An excellent example of how government screws things up.

[EggsAckley]

Quote of the day:

“How can you expect someone who can’t speak good English to work in a life or death environment.”

[beaversmom]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they deliberately finished her off.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ugh. Poor lady. RIP.

[KeyLargo]

Good Wall Street editorial here:

* The Wall Street Journal

* REVIEW & OUTLOOK
* JULY 7, 2009

Of NICE and Men

Speaking to the American Medical Association last month, President Obama waxed enthusiastic about countries that “spend less” than the U.S. on health care. He’s right that many countries do, but what he doesn’t want to explain is how they ration care to do it.

Take the United Kingdom, which is often praised for spending as little as half as much per capita on health care as the U.S. Credit for this cost containment goes in large part to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, or NICE. Americans should understand how NICE works because under ObamaCare it will eventually be coming to a hospital near you.

What NICE has become in practice is a rationing board. As health costs have exploded in Britain as in most developed countries, NICE has become the heavy that reduces spending by limiting the treatments that 61 million citizens are allowed to receive through the NHS. For example:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124692973435303415.html