Welcome to socialized medicine.
Bingo!
"Baker, who used sticks to help to him walk after undergoing hip replacement surgery..." would have been waiting a long, long time for a regular cane, much less a walker.
Not limited to socialized medicine. I was in the ER with my dad last night and the dr wanted to know about advanced directives. I told him that if dad coded he had to bring him back, or at least try.
The Dr’s response? “Really!?” in a surprised and disapproving tone.
I locked eyes with him and said “Really.”
End of conversation.
This guy was tacky enough to hold this discussion in front of my dad.
grrrrr.
That was my EXACT thought before I even came to the replies!
More like welcome to a post-Christian society.
Isn’t the thing that sticks out in this story first the incredible lack of love they display?
It almost seems that what I see is people wanting a system that will decide who gets care and who will not.
Big question: Who would decide?
Would liberals decide that anyone except older white males get priority?
Would conservatives decide that only citizens, and only those of a certain wealth standard would get care?
I know we need to set some ground rules before the whole system blows up in our faces, but it scares the crap out of me when I begin to think of the possibilities....
I have a disabled daughter. I am also one of the hard-working poor. If my daughter needed urgent care, I shudder to think that “someone” would decide that she wasn’t ‘worthy’ of care because of her condition.
I know there are some people in this world who are heartless bastards, and I pray that none of them are decision-makers for healthcare.