Comments on: DUMBEST BERWICK DEFENSE OF THE WEEK http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/04/dumbest-berwick-defense-of-the-week/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 10 May 2012 21:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brian G http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/04/dumbest-berwick-defense-of-the-week/#comment-460340 Brian G Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:06:49 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/06/04/dumbest-berwick-defense-of-the-week/#comment-460340 Well let's see what works. From the June 4, 2010 UK's Daily Mail. Headline "NHS 'preparing to cut millions of operations': Patients will lose out to ensure £20bn savings" They the NHS have determind that some procedures need to be banned in order to save money. The procedures are: Hernia Treatments Joint replacement for obese patients Some Ear proceedures Nose procedures Varicose Veins Cataracts Gallbladder procedures Carpal Tunnel Sure sounds like rationing to me. And this is what Berwick "loves". God Help us. Full article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1283873/NHS-preparing-cut-millions-operations-Patients-lose-ensure-20bn-savings.html?ITO=1490 Well let’s see what works. From the June 4, 2010 UK’s Daily Mail. Headline “NHS ‘preparing to cut millions of operations’: Patients will lose out to ensure £20bn savings”

They the NHS have determind that some procedures need to be banned in order to save money. The procedures are:

Hernia Treatments
Joint replacement for obese patients
Some Ear proceedures
Nose procedures
Varicose Veins
Cataracts
Gallbladder procedures
Carpal Tunnel

Sure sounds like rationing to me. And this is what Berwick “loves”. God Help us.

Full article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1283873/NHS-preparing-cut-millions-operations-Patients-lose-ensure-20bn-savings.html?ITO=1490

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