British ObamaCare update: Woman barred from surgery after seeing private doctor

This could be America in 2020. Great Britain's government-run health care agency, the NHS, seems to be run by bureaucrats with the heart of an IRS auditor.

From the Times of London:

A woman has been denied an operation on the NHS after paying for a private consultation to deal with her severe back pain.

Jenny Whitehead, a breast cancer survivor, paid £250 ($385) for an appointment with the orthopaedic surgeon after being told she would have to wait five months to see him on the NHS. He told her he would add her to his NHS waiting list for surgery.

She was barred from the list, however, and sent back to her GP. She must now find at least £10,000 (about $15,000) for private surgery, or wait until the autumn for the NHS operation to remove a cyst on her spine.

"When I paid £250 to see the specialist privately I had no idea I would be sacrificing my right to surgery on the NHS. I feel victimised," she said.

And if this cyst is malignant?

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