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| Britain |
| Another Great Moment in Socialized Medicine |
| 2011-05-20 |
 Doctors are blaming financial pressures on the NHS for an increase in the number of patients who are not being treated within the 18 weeks that the government recommends. New NHS performance data reveal that the number of people in England who are being forced to wait more than 18 weeks has risen by 26% in the last year, while the number who had to wait longer than six months has shot up by 43%. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #3 No socialized medicine story will ever beat Canada's 40-week wait for prenatal care. It's perfectly encapsulated everything wrong with this approach. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2011-05-20 15:30 |
| #2 Britain is an interesting case, because 1 in 6 people are not enrolled in the NHS, but get private care, often by insurance. However, almost every private policy excludes accident and emergency, pregnancy and long-term chronic illness. Many also exclude psychiatric care and pre-existing conditions. So there is a balance of sorts. Canada, on the other hand, is much more vicious, prohibiting private care under most circumstances, leaving people little choice but to flee to the US for care. So the bottom line is that even though the British NHS sucks, if you have money, you can choose otherwise. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-20 13:33 |
#1 "> "NHS treated 16,201 fewer people as inpatients in March 2011 compared to March 2010" They either died waiting or went to India for treatment. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2011-05-20 13:30 |