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A vulnerable patient starved to death in an NHS hospital after 26 days without proper nourishment. Martin Ryan, 43, had suffered a stroke which left him unable to swallow. But a 'total breakdown in communication' meant he was never fitted with a feeding tube. It was one of a number of horrific cases where the NHS fatally failed patients with learning difficulties, a health watchdog is expected to rule later this month. Tragedy: Martin Ryan died starving and 'in agony' in an NHS hospital after a 'communication breakdown' meant he was not fitted with a feeding tube Tragedy: Martin Ryan...

The number of hospital patients killed by mistakes has risen by 60 per cent in two years... NHS records show that 3,645 people died as a result of "patient safety incidents" - including botched operations and the outbreak of infections - between April 2007 and March 2008. The figure was 1,370 higher than two years earlier. Patient groups have warned that the true toll is likely to be higher because some hospitals do not record all incidents. "Patients are already extremely nervous when they have to go to hospital, so they need this news like a hole in the head."

The problem with Obama’s plan for government run healthcare is the same as for socialized health care.  Yes, there is a difference, but ultimately, his plan will end up costing more than it is expected too.  I wrote about this extensively here.  For a great example of why this is destined to happen, look to my great state of Missouri.  Like every other state, it can set the standards for what treatments insurance companies must cover.Democrat State Representative Steve Hodges says that infertility treatment should be covered by insurance.  “We spend millions upon millions of dollars trying to assist...

DAD-of-two Stewart Fleming grips his head in pain as he waits to be seen in A&E - but he died after being ignored for SIX hours. Clearly suffering, Stewart was clutching a note from his doctor saying he must be seen IMMEDIATELY. But the railway signalman, 37, was left to die as a deadly virus ravaged his body and one by one his organs collapsed. He was not admitted until six hours after arriving at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent, by which time it was too late. An infection had taken hold of his heart, liver and kidneys...

I've been a registered nurse for 30 years, so the future of American health care is one of my greatest concerns. Now that Mr. Obama has won the election, I decided to investigate what may be facing patients and health care workers. I started my research at Barack Obama's website and his Plan for a Healthy America. What a waste of time.  It read like a treatise from a beauty pageant contestant. What kind of medical expertise does Barack have? Remember this youtube  where his teleprompter malfunctioned?  He stumbled through an excruciatingly inept explanation of how health care costs can...

In between the tree trimming and gift-giving, President-elect Barack Obama is inviting Americans to spend part of the holiday season talking about health care -- and report back to him. As he gears up for major health reform legislation next year, Obama is encouraging average Americans to host informal gatherings to brainstorm about how to improve the U.S. system. The sessions, which could take place at a party, over a Menorah-lighting or at the annual Christmas cookie bake-off, are to be held Dec. 15 to Dec. 31. Former senator Thomas A. Daschle, Obama's point person on health, will attend at...

The GOP strategist had been joking about the upcoming presidential election and giving his humorous assessments of the candidates. Then he suddenly cut out the schtick and got scary serious. "Let me tell you something, if Democrats take the White House and pass a big-government healthcare plan, that's it. Game over. Government will dominate the economy like it does in Europe. Conservatives will spend the rest of their lives trying to turn things around and they will fail." And it turns out that the fearsome harbinger of free-market doom is the mild-mannered ex-U.S. senator with the little, red glasses, Tom...

With Congress ready to spend $700 billion to prop up the U.S. economy, enacting health-care reform may seem about as likely as the Dow hitting 10,000 again before the end of the year. But it may be more doable than you think, provided we dispel a few myths about how health care works and how much reform Americans are willing to stomach. 1. America has the best health care in the world. Let's bury this one once and for all. The United States is No. 1 in only one sense: the amount we shell out for health care. We have...

“We now face an opportunity — and an obligation — to turn the page on the failed politics of yesterday's health care debates… My plan begins by covering every American. If you already have health insurance, the only thing that will change for you under this plan is the amount of money you will spend on premiums. That will be less. If you are one of the 45 million Americans who don't have health insurance, you will have it after this plan becomes law. No one will be turned away because of a preexisting condition or illness.” — Barack Obama,...

A friend just sent me this with comments from a blog about last night's debate. Last night McCain asked Obama how much the fine would be and Obama said zero. I thought they were refering to a company being fined if they didn't provide health care. This video at about 3:30 - 5:00 minutes into the debate shows Obama saying he will fine parents!

<p>In yet another revealing moment for nationalized health care, a highly respected British ethicist said that dementia sufferers should get euthanized in order to preserve resources for healthier people. Baroness Warnock, described as “Britain’s leading moral philosopher”, said that the government should license people to be “put down”</p>

Barack Obama has a plan for fixing the American health care system. Posted on his website, he has laid his plan out for everyone to review. Only, he has left out a few details. Obama starts by naming three distinct issues with American health care. First, there are a lot of people who are without insurance. According to Obama’s website, there are “47 million Americans” without insurance, including about 9 million children. But there are a few details he forgot to mention. Out of that 47 million people, about 10 million of them are not Americans. According to page 29...

Cancer patients are to be denied drugs which could keep them alive after the NHS rationing watchdog ruled that they are too expensive. Patient groups said the decision, announced today by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), would condemn many sufferers of kidney cancer to an "early death". Four prohibited medicines include Sutent, which can prolong life in kidney cancer patients by up to two years. Nice said the drugs were too expensive, at about £24,000/year per patient, for the benefits they offered and would mean the health service was less able to afford more cost-effective drugs...

First, they can't even understand what the hell the Messiah is proposing. Furthermore, it is not completely clear what he is promising. [snip] “What we’re trying to do,” said one of the advisers, David Cutler, in explaining the gap between Mr. Obama’s words and his intent, “is find a way to talk to people in a way they understand.” Try English, moron. See, socialists have a hard time explaining these "complicated" policies to the little people because the have to dodge, hedge, and deflect, lest someone figure out that the policy is an utter boondoggle designed to take away our...

Barack Obama unveiled a $6 billion-a-year plan to provide tax credits for small businesses offering health insurance to employees, adopting an idea proposed by onetime rival Hillary Clinton and targeted at one of the most persistent challenges in achieving universal coverage. The tax credit offers an incentive for small businesses, which helped sink former President Bill Clinton's 1993 plan, which would have required all businesses to contribute toward health costs. Obama's proposed tax credit is an effort to bring this powerful constituency to the Democratic camp by offering carrots, not sticks, toward health coverage. Sen. Clinton concluded the same and...

THE medical establishment is in revolt against Labour's policy of denying National Health Service treatment to patients who pay privately for cancer medicines. The outcry from eminent consultants and doctors' leaders came as news emerged of two more patients whose NHS care was removed while they were dying of cancer. Baroness Ilora Finlay, president of the Royal Society of Medicine, said the issue went to the heart of the purpose of the health service. Finlay's intervention, in an article for The Sunday Times, comes after it emerged that a man dying of kidney cancer had to battle for NHS care...

A mum who fell into a coma came back from the brink of death after her husband gave her "a bloody good rollicking" when he heard doctors wanted to turn off her life-support machine. Yvonne Sullivan, 28, had lost consciousness with severe blood poisoning following childbirth, moments after being told baby Clinton had died following a 14-hour labour. Despite grieving for their baby, her husband Dom, 37, kept a round-the-clock vigil at her hospital bedside for two weeks as she lay in intensive care.

<p>Back in 1961, Ronald Reagan spoke out against socialized medicine in the above clip. His words are as true today as they were back then. Pass this one along to all your friends, especially those who have bought the "feel good" propaganda foisted upon us by Hillary Rotten Clinton, Michael Moron and other Leftists.</p>

"Hillarycare, Obamacare, they just don't get it." Both candidates favor the federal government to help insure more Americans. Obama's campaign released a statement after hearing Romney's comments: "What Mitt Romney doesn't get is that the skyrocketing cost of health care is a national crisis in need of a bold solution, which is why Senator Obama has introduced a plan that would cut costs for every family by up to $2,500 and cover every single American. But, make no mistake, his plan would allow state-based efforts to continue." Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a republican from Massachusetts, says states should fix the...