Bookworm on Oct 18 2008 | Filed under: Communism, Medicine
I carpooled to a soccer game today. The driver, who is someone I don’t know very well, is a very charming man who is quite obviously a potential Obama voter. He wasn’t quite sure about me and, since he was a very civil individual, he never came out and either insulted McCain or lauded Obama. [...]
Bookworm on Oct 05 2008 | Filed under: Britain, England, Medicine
From Genesis 3:16 (after the expulsion from Eden):
To the woman He [God] said,
“I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to children.
I’m feeling Biblical after having read a story about another one of the “miracles” of universal healthcare, as in effect in Britain:
Hundreds of women are being forced to give [...]
Bookworm on Sep 19 2008 | Filed under: Education, Health
Yes, Minister! was a very, very funny British TV show from the 1980s, before Britain (and the BBC) went completely round the bend. There is no better argument for school choice and non-socialized medicine than this funny clip from that show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLDb2V86Ei0
Hat tip: IWF
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Bookworm on Feb 28 2008 | Filed under: Britain, England, Health, Medicine
One of Obama’s (and Clinton’s) many sins is the desire to nationalize medicine, so that the government gets to decide who deserves treatment and who doesn’t. Britain, as always, serves as a useful horrible example of what can happen under such a system:
A 61-year-old grandmother has been denied vital heart surgery for being too [...]
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