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Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care
"John Kulp" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:01:09 +0100, Dusty Furtile Morrocan wrote: On the particular moment of Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT in relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, (John Kulp) put forth: In the NY Times: snips long, irrelevant article Joy, another article pointing out some isolated cases. How about explaining why the world isn't rushing headlong into an American-style health system? Yeah irrelevant alright. And hardly isolated. Everytime I have been in the UK there's something on the BBC about cases like this. If they were so isolated, that would hardly be the case would it? That is like suggesting that aircraft accidents must be common because they are always reported. Anything that becomes too common, like traffic accidents (excluding the really spectacular ones) simply ceases to be newsworthy. It is the unusual that gets reported. The NHS is extremely good at dealing with acute cases, something I have more experience with than I would like. Where it fails is that Government does not give it enough resources to be good at dealing with chronic cases too. Colin Bignell |
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Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT,
(John Kulp) wrote: In the NY Times: Good place for it. Leave it there next time. Cheers, Alan, Australia |
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Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:53:46 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote: "John Kulp" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:01:09 +0100, Dusty Furtile Morrocan wrote: On the particular moment of Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT in relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, (John Kulp) put forth: In the NY Times: snips long, irrelevant article Joy, another article pointing out some isolated cases. How about explaining why the world isn't rushing headlong into an American-style health system? Yeah irrelevant alright. And hardly isolated. Everytime I have been in the UK there's something on the BBC about cases like this. If they were so isolated, that would hardly be the case would it? That is like suggesting that aircraft accidents must be common because they are always reported. Anything that becomes too common, like traffic accidents (excluding the really spectacular ones) simply ceases to be newsworthy. It is the unusual that gets reported. I wasn't talking about aircraft accidents, I was posting an article in the NY Times on UK healthcare. I didn't write it, edit it or do anything else. So are you claiming that the Times, the leading leftist newspaper, is making up a non-existent problem that I personally have heard criticism about on the BBC everytime I have been in the UK? Or was I just beating the odds? The NHS is extremely good at dealing with acute cases, something I have more experience with than I would like. Where it fails is that Government does not give it enough resources to be good at dealing with chronic cases too. At the cost of people's lives? Allowing bureaucrats to arbitrarily decide someone doesn't get care because it's "unfair" to others? |
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Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:17:43 +1100, Alan S wrote:
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT, (John Kulp) wrote: In the NY Times: Good place for it. Leave it there next time. Leave what? An article on UK healthcare written by one of the leading US newspapers? Why? |
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Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:51:08 GMT, (John Kulp)
wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:17:43 +1100, Alan S wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT, (John Kulp) wrote: In the NY Times: Good place for it. Leave it there next time. Leave what? An article on UK healthcare written by one of the leading US newspapers? Why? Because this a travel newsgroup, not a "lOOk at mE I hAVe mORe pOLItcaL inSIghT thAn teH st00piD liBRuls" political website, THAT'S WHY, you stupid ****. - TR |
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Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:02:51 +1100, Alan S wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:51:08 GMT, (John Kulp) wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:17:43 +1100, Alan S wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT, (John Kulp) wrote: In the NY Times: Good place for it. Leave it there next time. Leave what? An article on UK healthcare written by one of the leading US newspapers? Why? It has absolutely nothing to do with rec.travel.europe The only relevance would be for a person coming to the UK who needs to know how to access healthcare while travelling. And that article omits any mention of that. I'd be happy to chat about it in great detail on one of the several medical groups I'm on, but not here. I see your point, of course, but would point out that lots of topics that have nothing particularly to do with travel in Europe are posted here all the time. Including one a few months ago where a bunch of Europeans decided to attack the US system--one calling it ghastly--so I thought a little turnabout from a highly reputable newspaper was a bit of fairplay. |
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Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:09:53 -0800, VainGlorious
wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:51:08 GMT, (John Kulp) wrote: On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:17:43 +1100, Alan S wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT, (John Kulp) wrote: In the NY Times: Good place for it. Leave it there next time. Leave what? An article on UK healthcare written by one of the leading US newspapers? Why? Because this a travel newsgroup, not a "lOOk at mE I hAVe mORe pOLItcaL inSIghT thAn teH st00piD liBRuls" political website, THAT'S WHY, you stupid ****. Spoken by a true idiot with an IQ of about 10 who can only prattle on in expletives. |
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In article , John Kulp
wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:53:46 -0000, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname here.me.uk wrote: "John Kulp" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:01:09 +0100, Dusty Furtile Morrocan wrote: On the particular moment of Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:39:43 GMT in relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy, (John Kulp) put forth: In the NY Times: snips long, irrelevant article Joy, another article pointing out some isolated cases. How about explaining why the world isn't rushing headlong into an American-style health system? Yeah irrelevant alright. And hardly isolated. Everytime I have been in the UK there's something on the BBC about cases like this. If they were so isolated, that would hardly be the case would it? That is like suggesting that aircraft accidents must be common because they are always reported. Anything that becomes too common, like traffic accidents (excluding the really spectacular ones) simply ceases to be newsworthy. It is the unusual that gets reported. I wasn't talking about aircraft accidents, I was posting an article in the NY Times on UK healthcare. I didn't write it, edit it or do anything else. So are you claiming that the Times, the leading leftist newspaper, is making up a non-existent problem that I personally have heard criticism about on the BBC everytime I have been in the UK? Or was I just beating the odds? On most Sundays at 3pm (eastern) on CSPAN you can watch "Prime Minister's Questions"... the only 'questions' that possibly eclipse health care is crime. jay Thu Feb 21, 2008 The NHS is extremely good at dealing with acute cases, something I have more experience with than I would like. Where it fails is that Government does not give it enough resources to be good at dealing with chronic cases too. At the cost of people's lives? Allowing bureaucrats to arbitrarily decide someone doesn't get care because it's "unfair" to others? |
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