Perhaps you've heard the horrific story of the Canadian couple and their Caribbean Vacation from Hell:
"Young couple contracts hookworms in feet at Punta Cana beach resort"
Well, turns out that the worms weren't necessarily the worst part of the story:
"Canadian Couple Forced To Travel To U.S. To Treat Parasitic Worms ... Health Canada denied them a prescription."
That's the trouble (well, a major factor, anyway) with "free" health care: you get what you pay for.
Not to be outdone, the Much Vaunted National Health System© once again says "Hold my pint, mate." Sally Pipes reports:
"The United Kingdom’s government-run, single-payer healthcare system is so inept that something as mundane as flu season can cause a national crisis ... One Portsmouth resident, 88-year-old Josephine Smalley, died on New Year’s Day after spending five hours in an ambulance and another two waiting on a gurney at Queen Alexandra Hospital."
Now to be fair, this season's flu situaton is taxing **our** system, as well (heck, I had a client die recently from it); the lesson here is that the clam that socialized medicine is somehow superior is, well, hokum.
"Young couple contracts hookworms in feet at Punta Cana beach resort"
Well, turns out that the worms weren't necessarily the worst part of the story:
"Canadian Couple Forced To Travel To U.S. To Treat Parasitic Worms ... Health Canada denied them a prescription."
That's the trouble (well, a major factor, anyway) with "free" health care: you get what you pay for.
Not to be outdone, the Much Vaunted National Health System© once again says "Hold my pint, mate." Sally Pipes reports:
"The United Kingdom’s government-run, single-payer healthcare system is so inept that something as mundane as flu season can cause a national crisis ... One Portsmouth resident, 88-year-old Josephine Smalley, died on New Year’s Day after spending five hours in an ambulance and another two waiting on a gurney at Queen Alexandra Hospital."
Now to be fair, this season's flu situaton is taxing **our** system, as well (heck, I had a client die recently from it); the lesson here is that the clam that socialized medicine is somehow superior is, well, hokum.
[Hat Tip for first item: @transitfok]
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