I Want Me Some Cheap Health Care
After I read the news (h/t Power Line) that the citizens in the workers' paradise of Cuba might start using leaves and grass to clean their backsides because the government is running out of toilet paper, I had to wonder if socialism is really where we should place our trust when it comes to something as important as our health care.
If the expertise and resources to keep toilet paper on the shelves is not available in socialist Cuba, how could we ever expect the socialist system to provide adequate health care services, equipment, and personnel?
Then I read about this situation in the UK. From the Daily Mail:
An NHS call centre is employing 16-year-olds to assess suspected cases of swine flu.[...]
They earn up to £16.40 an hour reading out a prepared script of questions.
It is their responsibility to hand out powerful anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu - known to have violent side-effects.
The revelation comes amid concerns that problems with the phone hotline are leading to incorrect diagnoses.
At least eight pupils from the same school are among 15 youngsters employed at the pandemic hotline call centre in Watford.
Many have been working late into the night, in contravention of employment law guidelines for under-18s.
A source said last night: 'Some of the kids are just so young I would be surprised if they could even spell the word pandemic.'
The source added: 'Not only is the Department of Health employing young kids awaiting their GCSE results - they also hire people who simply cannot make themselves understood to the public.Thankfully, when the proper authorities were notified that the hotlines were being operated by children, they swooped in to take care of the situation.
'Many have accents which are difficult to understand and some have difficulty in reading from the prepared script.'
Last night, the Department said: 'As soon as it was brought to the call centre's attention that a small number of call workers under 18 had worked past ten o clock, they took immediate action.Hey, you might still get some indiscernible 16-year-old with three hours training recommend you pop a couple Tamiflu to make his record look good, but at least you won't be receiving the bad advice from a teenager who is overworked.
'The call centre is now using a workforce management application to ensure that no one under 18 works past 10pm.
Problem solved.
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Socialism is creeping into American society. Conservatives need to recognize it...and stop it.
One of the most insidious forms of socialism is "insurance".
Insurance? .....Socialism?? How can that be?
The insurance industry claims that insurance is just a way to spread the risk.
But what it really is ...is socialism.
Take me. I've been paying fire insurance for over 30 years.
I've never had a house burn down...never filed a claim.
So I called my insurance agent and ask to know "Where's all those premiums I've been sending you year after year ?"
You know what he told me? He said his company had already given it to some guy I didn't even know!!!
"Who did you give it to?"
"This guy whose house burned down.",my agent informed me. "He went on vacation and left the stove on. The whole place burned to the ground"
"So I should have to pay for someone else's stupid mistake?".
" I don't think so. I want my money back." I demanded.
"Sorry. But That's the way insurance works." My agent said. "We take money from those whose houses didn't burn down and give it to those who have had a fire.
We take money from the young and healthy and use it to pay the old and sick.
We take money from good drivers and give it to some guy who totaled his car while driving too fast.
We are spreading the risk. We take money from those who don't need it and give it to those who do. "
That's socialism in a nutshell. Take from those that have and give to those who don't???
That's right. Those hidden forms of socialism have slowly seeped into our society and now threaten to infect every area of our lives.
Time to put an end to insurance. Time to end socialism
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