Great Britain has provided yet another glimpse of the horrors to which patients are subjected under socialized medicine. The latest victims of the NHS are the hearing impaired:
Patients across the country are waiting more than two years for a hearing aid, and up to five years to have old-fashioned equipment replaced by modern technology.
And, for anyone out there credulous enough […]
This isn’t about health care, but I couldn’t resist a brief post about the consternation with which the “progressive” blogosphere has responded to Bill Kristol’s addition to the NYT stable of columnists. Here’s a typical example:
One of the world’s most prestigious news outlets has apparently given this thug space on the most valuable media real estate in existence.
This is what it means […]
The annual rise in group health plan costs, a major component of health care inflation, has stabilized according to Financial Week. The 6.1% rate is still way too high, but it is coming down:
It is a big improvement from just a few years ago, when annual health plan increases were rising by double digits and employers despaired about […]
Japan has a “universal” health care system not unlike that which many faux-progressives advocate for the U.S. Like all government-controlled systems, it boasts a strict price control mechanism that produces provider shortages. As AP reports, such shortages can have tragic results for patients is dire need of care:
An 89-year-old woman died after an ambulance crew spent two hours trying […]
Today, I’m going to diverge from health care to address the tsunami of BS emanating from the media concerning the economy. The major “news” organizations are subjecting the public to a fictional narrative that portrays the economy as bad and getting worse.
In reality, the economy is in far better shape than anyone could have predicted […]
That the latest version of Arnoldcare has been lambasted by both free-market and single-payer advocates suggests that the plan has serious problems. And it does indeed offer the worst of both worlds: heavy-handed government interference in the health care market and preservation of private insurance monopolies.
But, being a hospital finance type, I was really taken aback by the proposed 4% tax on […]
I have said before that Ron Paul will never voluntarily give up his newfound notoriety, even after he is resoundingly rejected by Republican primary voters. He again made that clear last Sunday on Meet the Press.
Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) refused to rule out the possibility he may run as a third-party candidate during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Like most sudden celebrities, Dr. […]
I wasn’t planning to do any blogging until tomorrow, but I couldn’t stop myself from posting this uproarious (yet unsettling) tune by a couple of NHS docs who call themselves the “Amateur Transplants”:
[HT Kevin,MD]
I’ll be spending the next few days in the bosom of my family—eating, drinking, and no doubt talking too much. I’ll be back, shovel in hand, after Christmas.
Meanwhile, I hope everyone has a pleasant and safe holiday.
Anxious to retain her image as America’s preeminent health care crusader, Hillary Clinton has stepped up her phony attacks on ”big insurance.” The Chicago Sun Times provides this quote:
“We’re going to tell the insurance companies that they’re going to have to change the way they do business,” Clinton said. “You know, we regulate banks. We regulate utilities. Well, […]
