Ahhh, the joys of austerity: Rationing comes to Britain's National Health Service

from the Independent UK:



Hip replacements, cataract surgery and tonsil removal are among operations now being rationed in a bid to save the NHS money.

Two-thirds of health trusts in England are rationing treatments for "non-urgent" conditions as part of the drive to reduce costs in the NHS by £20bn over the next four years. One in three primary-care trusts (PCTs) has expanded the list of procedures it will restrict funding to in the past 12 months.

.....(snip).....

The alarming figures emerged from a survey of 111 PCTs by the health-service magazine GP, using the Freedom of Information Act.

Doctors are known to be concerned about how the new rationing is working – and how it will affect their relationships with patients. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/cataracts-hips-knees-and-tonsils-nhs-begins-rationing-operations-2327268.html

but still not as bad as in the U.S. where, if you don't have the cash to either pay for the procedure or for an "insurance" policy that doesn't have high out of pocket expenses, you will never get that hip replacements, cataract surgery or tonsilectomy.

in so many countries, including this one, in such a short time?

in the pockets of most governments
it is all about control and greed
Notice it is always the banks that
are the cause of the problems

At this year's Builderberg Meeting.

...they go on about 'how the government decides which surgeries you can have in Universal Health Care'. Their talking point was molded into reality as if on cue.

Odd, that. Surely a coincidence. :eyes:

A) Private insurance companies already do this. AND

B) A Conservative British government is responsible for these cuts.