Socialized Health Care in America

Socialized Health Care in America

WorldNetDaily: Socialized medicine in U.S. is inevitable!

Logic cannot support the premise that health care is a right. Health care is a service that is administered by another human being with the requisite skills and knowledge. To claim that healthcare as a 'right' is to claim a right to the services of the health-care provider. In effect, this means you are claiming a 'right' to a portion of that person's life – both a portion of the time already spent developing his skills, and a portion of the time spent practicing those skills on you. . . .

A few weeks ago, the Telegraph of London had a rather interesting story about major surgery under Britain's National Health Service as compared to the current system in America. It seems that a patient is four times more likely to go on to the eternal celestial dirt nap after undergoing major surgery in Great Britain than in the United States. This study was conducted by University College in London and Columbia University in New York and followed 1,000 patients undergoing similar surgeries. One of the researchers explained the results of the study by pointing out the higher quality of post-operative care in the United States.

I guess the Brits should quit complaining about this disparity, shouldn't they? After all, it's not like they're paying for their operations over there, is it? I guess you get what you pay for.