Posted by
Anthony Rizzuto on Monday, July 20, 2009 9:03:07 PM
I am currently in the UK visiting friends and as this country is already under the thumb of socialized medicine it seemed appropriate to report on what America has to look forward to if Mr. Obama has his way. Those who suffer the most in Britain as a result of health care rationing are women. It was amazing to discover that a majority of British females have never had a mammogram. Worse, they have no clue how to conduct a self examination of their breasts. The modus operandi here is not prevention but treatment after cancer develops. By that point, for many, when treatment does come, it is too late.
Gynecological exams which American women receive twice annually between the ages of 18 and forty and once annually for those over forty are limited to once every two years. Conditions such as fibroids which in many cases can be easily treated by laser thus allowing women to keep their reproductive organs in tact are not covered by the National Health System. Those who suffer from the condition must submit to full hysterectomies in order to reduce costs regardless of the long term effects such radical surgery may have. There is no empathy for the condition of the patient, the only concern is the cost is to the government. In short, those who cannot afford private insurance are left to be butchered by the state.
For the sake of our mothers, wives and daughters we must oppose the President's proposed overhaul of our health care system by any and all legal means available. By way of a Freudian slip Mr. Obama told the truth about what is to come if he has his way while addressing the Children's National Medical Center in Washington today when he said, "The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system"