Posted on 05/26/2026 5:13:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The failures of socialized medicine stem not from malice, but from inherent incentives: monopolistic structures, political allocation of resources, and suppressed innovation.
I am regularly astonished at how many people -- often younger folks -- praise the supposed benefits of socialism and single‑payer health care. Despite extensive evidence to the contrary, and despite daily tragedies in systems that have adopted these models, the calls for more government intervention never seem to stop.
Socialized medicine, exemplified by Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), was founded on noble ideals: universal access to care “free at the point of use,” funded collectively as a national treasure. Yet the system now struggles with chronic shortages, soaring wait times, and structural failures that disproportionately harm the elderly and the disabled. Similar patterns are emerging in Canada with Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). These systems illustrate how government monopolies -- despite high spending -- often produce rationing, inefficiency, and desperation rather than dependable care.
Millions of people in England sit on waiting lists, including “unseen patients” referred by general practitioners (GPs) but never contacted for treatment. This is not a temporary post‑COVID anomaly; it is a systemic breakdown. Thousands wait more than 12 hours for emergency admission, and ambulance response times for strokes and heart attacks routinely exceed targets, contributing to rising excess deaths.
Elderly Britons are especially affected. Reports describe seniors feeling “fobbed off,” struggling to access GPs, facing canceled operations, and falling through gaps in social care. Surveys show that two‑thirds of people over 50 doubt the NHS can cope, and many express despair. Patients battle phone queues and online portals, often without ever seeing a doctor.
Backlogs also endanger older patients with sight‑threatening conditions such as macular degeneration or glaucoma. Many must wait months -- or pay privately -- to avoid permanent vision loss.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The left loves rationing.
It’s just another means of control. Of course they love it.
I bet their illegals go to the front of the waiting line, just like here.
Socialized medicine attracts the weak minded for two reasons:
1 - Free! That’s most important, even if the care is delayed, or is substandard.
2 - Shared misery. If everyone is forced into the socialized medicine system, everyone suffers. To the left, shared misery isn’t misery at all.
Could be a life saver.
From the information that I coming across, elective surgery for us over seventies will be the end of you more often than not.
I think the appeal of “single payer” is it sounds simple and easy. Dealing with the medical pay system is hugely complicated. A year after my sister died I continued to receive bills. Getting procedures cleared and approved is also a huge hassle. People imagine they’ll just point at single payer and say, “Handle it.”
The easiest time I ever had was when I went commando during Obamacare and paid cash. Not only did it vastly simply scheduling, but on average I paid less than I would have paid out of pocket for the Obamacare Paper Mache plan. Only once did I have to pay the full price they’d have charged if I had insurance.
Funny story, the clerk was looking for a surgery opening months away and asked what insurance I had. I told her I was paying cash. She brightened right up and said, “Can you be here Friday morning? We’re not open but if you knock on the back door someone will let you in.”
Disagree. There may not be malice from those executing the programs, but those executions are a natural development from how those systems are established.
Just like with all socialist scams, those on top establishing the systems know exactly what they are doing. It is the useful idiots following their diktats that can only be granted some modicum of innocence, but even that should be sorely limited as it is their totalitarian devotion that executes direct injury on the general public.
For those on top, the decision is simple - they want to ensure they get the best care possible and at their convenience, and to accomplish that, the mob is forced into a "fair and just" system that is inferior by design.
I used to have a cabin in Canada about 30 miles north of North Bay. My neighbor had a heart attack and was taken to North Bay by ambulance. After a few days, she recovered, but was referred to a Sudbury hospital about 80 miles away because they didn’t have the equipment to confirm the need for bypass surgery. After a two month wait, she was given an appointment in Sudbury and they confirm she would need triple bypass surgery but they didn’t have the facilities or doctors to perform it; she would have to go to Toronto (200 miles away) for the diagnosis confirmation and likely surgery. Three months later Toronto confirmed the need for the triple bypass and scheduled the procedure...17 months later. She died four months later after the confirmation.
There’s a reason why Seattle services an estimated 40,000 Canadians a year. “Free” health care is of little value if you die waiting for it.
The vaunted Canadian health care system is euthanizing more people than it is healing. Many victims are not even terminal. It has descended into a end of life abortion system.
(not from malice)
Malicious Intent absolutely
The Elite are well-taken-care-of
The Unwashed Peasant Masses can eat cake and die
1) Obamacare was designed to Kill Off
the Weak and the Elderly
2) COVID-19(84) was designed to Kill Off
the Weak and the Elderly
Rationing. I remember ESPN was broadcasting F1 where the Sky F1 shows promoted socialised medicine with the NHS that has failed.
This was the end game of ObamaCare and the ban on opposition debate
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