US Health Care Future: No Sitting Allowed
Health Care Reform...it is for the children right?
Government control of health care is an awesome idea. They run things so well, from the Post Office, to Amtrak, to Medicare. And at a profit I might add, if you count losing money as making it.
So we have nothing to worry about in a govt-controlled health care system like in the UK right?
Britons trying to cheer up their hospitalized friends and relatives often have to do so standing up; sitting on the bed usually isn’t allowed.
In a commentary published Wednesday in the British medical journal BMJ, Dr. Iona Heath argues the recommendation is unjustified and denies patients the chance to be close to their loved ones.
British authorities claim the ban on sitting is needed to prevent patients from getting infected by visitors and health care staff.
“Don’t be tempted to sit on the patient’s bed,” warns the Peninsula National Health Service Treatment Centre in Devon in guidance on its Web site.
A health care system where normal contact between humans is dangerous, and even life threatening? Where the hell do I sign up?
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Tags: health care reform, hospitals, Politics
Hey…where’d my comment go? I’ll leave it again:
Yes, it’s expensive here, but the quality is better than anywhere else. Why else would those who are able fly to the US for care when their lives depend on it?
For example, my friend from Bolivia who flew to Miami as soon as he was stable, so that he wouldn’t die. See the link below:
muskrat´s last blog ..you don’t forget the guys who run from the cops with you
Comments are set to publish for anyone who’s commented before at least once. After the purge there were no past comments so the system treated you as a first-time commenter (which needs me to approve). But instead of sending you into the pending folder, where the comment above went to, your first went to the spam folder.
I read the post about his accident and not surprised he came back here for proper treatment. He must be getting better if he was able to fly back which is good. I wish him a safe and speedy recovery.
The problem with health care is that is it a scarce resource. High demand and low supply are never a cheap combination.