Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:29:06 PM
In 1994, the Republicans took Congress and the country heard nothing more about Hillarycare. In 2008, Hillary expects to be back, bless our souls. She will have a Democratic Congress and a "mandate" for universal health care. If you don't believe it, just ask her.
For a preview of universal health care, we need only look to Canada and Britain. Britain is in the news, so we look eastward tonight.
The London Telegraph published a story it called "Doctors who ban surgery for smokers are right, says Hewitt."
Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, has given her blessing to the policy of denying [Heart bypass] operations to smokers until they kick the habit.
What the story does not say is how long a patient must be non smoker before he is eligible to go on the list to get a bypass, or how long a patient must be on the list before his turn comes up. I'm guessing the wait totals two years, and many smokers who are bypass candidates won't last that long.
Think of Bill Clinton. When Doctors discovered he needed a heart bypass, he went under the knife in less than a week. It was an emergency for him.
British health care is both free and rationed, and if you are a smoker, you are free to die if you need a heart bypass.
I just wanted to give those who are considering sitting out the next election for lack of the "perfect" candidate something to think about.
Thanks to an overlawyered.com reader.