Socialized Medicine

For whatever combination of reasons, we in the United States appear to be deaf when it comes to hearing the phrase "re-inventing the wheel." For, you see, Europe has done much if not all the things that Demorats wish to do domestically, yet the Demorats insist on in fact "re-inventing" said wheel.

Case in point: the British. Medicine is quite socialized there, via the NHS (National Health Service). It obviously works well: check out any average pair of British chompers.

But moreover, the NHS has decided it's time to:

Patients who refuse to change their unhealthy lifestyles should not be treated by the NHS, the Conservatives said today.

In a bid to ease spiralling levels of obesity and other health concerns, a Tory panel said certain treatments should be denied to patients who refuse to co-operate with health professionals and live healthier lifestyles.

I have a few questions:

• Who determines how a "healthier lifestyle" is lived?
• How is it determined that an individual's lifestyle is invalid?
• Who determines, specifically, the parameters of a "healthier lifestyle"?
• Will the change to a "healthier lifestyle" mandate a job change?
• Or will employers, public and private, be forced to cut work hours, remove stress, clean their environment, remove all imperfections on every level, disallow adversity, eliminate time and budget constraints, provide for on-the-job (paid) naps, exercise, meditative periods?
• Can all these employers, public and private, then be sued when they do not provide an immediate perfect environment for the health of all their employees?
• After all, an imperfect lifestyle can likely be traced to stress on the job;

Primary answer: The Government. It shall decide.

Do what I call The Logical Extension.

Do you not see much "writing on the wall" here?

BZ

P.S.

That's a British cartoon, by the way.