When you let the government pay the bills, the government gets to decide what they will do and what they won't. In this story from across the pond, the British National Healthcare system let a premature child die, much to the horror of the mother, because it had been born 2 days before the cutoff point:
A midwife said he was breathing and had a strong heartbeat, and described him as a "little fighter".
I kept asking for the doctors but the midwife said, "They won't come and help, sweetie. Make the best of the time you have with him".' ...
She told how she begged one pediatrician, 'You have got to help', only for the man to respond: 'No we don't.'
Oh by all means let's adopt that system ASAP.
1 comments:
That's horrible. Don't know what else to say.
In a free market, she could go to another provider to get care for her baby. When the government screws you over, there's noone to turn to.
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