Posted on 11/24/2013 4:40:04 AM PST by The Working Man
I recommend to all of you who are actively thinking about Obamacare the following Book. Written in 1974 by Alan E. Nourse is "The Blade Runner".
http://www.amazon.com/Bladerunner-Prologue-Books-Alan-Nourse-ebook/dp/B00GTUYOV6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385295923&sr=1-1&keywords=bladerunner
This book is was considered Juvenile Science Fiction and is nothing like the movie of the same name. It's about a future America where the Hospitals and Doctors ALL work for Uncle Sam and ALL healthcare is "free".
Well it's "free" for a certain Price, once a person reaches a certain age, six or seven I think it was, if they got sick the price of treatment was sterilization. It was automatic, no if's and's or but's. The object was of course Zero Population Growth but there is always a darker side to such things.
In this case a clandestine network of Doctor's would assist those who didn't want their children sterilized to obtain necessary or emergency healthcare. And the plot revolves around that.
I highly recommend that you read it knowing full-well it was written almost forty years ago. It might give you something else to consider in the Feds full push to control all aspects of our lives.
Let’s try that link again.
Nevil Shute
The Far Country (1952): A young woman travels to Australia. A condemnation of British socialism and the national health service.
Well, it’s hard to find!
We've had ample warning and an overload of electronic hipe mixed with just the right amount of sex to keep most people blinded.
Remember .. zero came in loving his blackberry .... mobilizing the yutes.
BookMark ;)
The Far Country (1952): A young woman travels to Australia. A condemnation of British socialism and the national health service.
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This is an excellent book. I recommend it.
He also wrote Intern by Doctor X.
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