Thursday, October 9, 2008

What Socialized Medicine Will Be Like

A coworker of mine and I were talking about socialized medicine. She told me about her sister and her son who lives in Winnipeg, Canada; as you know, Canada has a healthcare system that is socialized.

Nephew: He had some medical issues and his brain was starting to swell, documented by a CT scan. They, and the doctor, had to petition to the government to allow surgery to take place in order to relieve the swelling; a week later authorization came for surgery. By that time, the brian started to swell again and there was some bleeding that had occurred as well.  Currently the nephew is undergoing treatment to relieve swelling; they do not yet know the extent of the damage caused by the brain swelling.

Why did it take a week for authorization for surgery when there was documented evidence of swelling? Is this what we want in the United States under an Obama administration?

About eight months ago, this woman's husband, was having heart issues. The doctor recommended surgery because of various reasons. The govt responded back that his condition was "not bad enough"- eight days later he died. 

Is this what we want in the United States? Politicians deciding who gets healthcare?

We need to stand up and not let this happen to our country.

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