[Eric in the Ozarks]

‘swhat Barry has in mind.

[mlizzy]

coming to a hospital near you ...

[ml/nj]

A plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an accident ten months ago has had an operation to correct it 'cancelled four times'. Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since falling down the stairs and now fears he may lose his home after being denied incapacity benefit.

Ah. The glories of socialism.

ML/NJ

[KarlInOhio]

Mr Eeles fractured his arm on December 3 and was rushed straight to casualty where doctors put his arm in plaster.

Who's the quack who put it back together that way? I wouldn't trust him to work at a poultry plant deboning chickens much less working on human bones.

[tired1]

WTF? Don’t those idiots know how to set broken bones before applying a cast?

[SonOfDarkSkies]

But, but...We Need Big Government To Run Health Care (Excellent Video Spoof)

[Puppage]

Roto Rooter man?

[don-o]

Perhaps a good place to tell your broken arm story?

[MeSpikeLibs]

Damn, that is what we all have to look forward to. Thanks Dim-rats

[A message]

Just WOW.

Government run health care is cripples its citizens in so many ways.

[a fool in paradise]

'It's been so long the bones have knitted back together.

Problem solved. that's the POINT of delays in socialized medicine.

They put your name on a list.
- you die
OR - you don’t die
....AND THEN — you get better
.............OR — you get accustomed to it
.............OR — you go abroad for treatment
.............OR — you self-treat

[BertWheeler]

That’s health care in England for you.

[aw93472]

This is exactlty the sort of stories we will see (and maybe even experience) if Obamas healthcare system is put into effect.

[mlizzy]

Waiting and waiting for surgery


Post-Op

[GeronL]

Wow. Coming to America?

Heck just be a muzzie and you will get unemployment, disability and free housing.

[Moose4]

GAAAAH. I did NOT need to see that. That poor man.

Don’t they even have emergency care over there? Seems like the setting of a broken bone is something that should be covered under emergency care and not scheduled for months down the road!

}:-)4

[b4its2late]

Healthcare moving at light speed across the pond.

[dead]

I would just cut it off and grow a new one.

[Pontiac]

'His second operation in May 2009 was also cancelled, this time because he had failed to act on our surgeon's advice that Mr Eeles that he should give up smoking.

Unbelievable!

In other words we will jump at any opportunity to cancel a surgery and get it off our books.

NO WHERE have I ever heard of surgery being cancelled or postponed because the patient was a smoker unless there was an underlying medical reason such as COPD or emphysema.

[AnnGora]

Didn’t Keith Olbermann mention this incident in his hour-long rant last night on health care? (is a /sarc really needed?)