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Vaccine Alarmist Reaps the Whirlwind

An important news story comes from the UK as the doctor behind the hoax linking the MMR vaccine to autism faces losing his license.
Andrew Wakefield’s bogus research scared parents away from having their children vaccinated against dangerous but preventable childhood diseases.  At least two children died as a result of not being immunized. What might [...]

Great Moments in Health Care #4

There was some controversy about ‘death panels’ in the US health care reform debate.
Meanwhile in the UK, the NHS is letting people die, even if they didn’t have to:
In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly [...]

Great Moments in Socialized Health Care #3

In the UK, like Canada, the government negotiates with drug companies to set the price it is willing to pay for medications.
Of course, other countries have a callous, uncaring system they like to call a ‘free market’ that do not restrict prices based on willingness to pay.
What could possibly go wrong:
Pharmacists are warning that patients [...]

Great Moments in Socialized Health Care #2

Here’s a story about British dentists (US readers, insert your joke here).
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) changed its contract with dentists in 2006, to save costs.  The result is dentists routinely pulling teeth that they would have treated under the old contract:
The data showed a 45.5 per cent decrease in the number of treatments where [...]

Great Moments in Socialized Health Care 1

As America approaches the Utopian dream of ‘free’ health care for all, let’s take a moment to celebrate the great moments of nationalized care currently enjoyed by the UK and Canada.
In England, a young mother gave birth to her daughter on the sidewalk when the authorities refused to send an ambulance.
When the mother called for [...]