Sunday, January 16, 2011

UK public health system 'gridlocked' by swine flu

"For a shuddering preview of what Obamacare will look like when it is fully implemented-- .... British National Health Service (NHS) is in "gridlock", with hospitals across the country being forced to declare that they have reached the highest level of emergency because of flu and other winter viruses. ..... 


"In many parts of the country out-of-hours services are absolutely inadequate, so what we get is people turning up at A&E [Accident & Emergency] simply because they do not know where else to go, or else they delay and only seek help when their condition is serious," said Mr Heyworth. It is not good enough. We are failing the public."

"Failing the public." Yep, that's what often happens with "free, public access" health care. But it does have a bright side--costs are down as the number of deaths from flu has increased, reducing the number of patients in the system. And all without the dreaded death panels. Of course the outcome statistics aren't great but that can be conquered statistically and hey, you can't have everything. "

[American Thinker] 

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