Glimpse of Our Future

It was Einstein who said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. You may recall that the welfare statists currently in control of our government often pointed at the healthcare model of Great Britain when they were promising bread and circuses to the masses last year. Look, they told us, at the wonderful public system of the Brits and see how inexpensive it is and how happy they are.

So, now we see this:

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Here's a list of some goodies in the Brits future:

1. * Restrictions on some of the most basic and common operations, including hip and knee replacements, cataract surgery and orthodontic procedures.
2. * Plans to cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from budgets for the terminally ill, with dying cancer patients to be told to manage their own symptoms if their condition worsens at evenings or weekends.
3. * The closure of nursing homes for the elderly.
4. * A reduction in acute hospital beds, including those for the mentally ill, with targets to discourage GPs from sending patients to hospitals and reduce the number of people using accident and emergency departments.
5. * Tighter rationing of NHS funding for IVF treatment, and for surgery for obesity.
6. * Thousands of job losses at NHS hospitals, including 500 staff to go at a trust where cancer patients recently suffered delays in diagnosis and treatment because of staff shortages.
7. * Cost-cutting programmes in paediatric and maternity services, care of the elderly and services that provide respite breaks to long-term carers.

And, if you listen carefully to the bleating you will hear that they intend to work their mischief during the lame duck session after the November elections. They know they will insure their demise if they demonstrate their goals before the polls close, so regardless of whether they win another term or not, they will wreak havoc as their last gesture of defiance of the people's will.