Marathon Pundit: Just Sicko: Rationing health care in Britain is a 'necessary evil'

Monday, June 25, 2007

Just Sicko: Rationing health care in Britain is a 'necessary evil'

Gadfly Michael Moore is doing what he does best, drawing attention to himself--this time with his "exposé" of the American health care system called system, the movie SiCKO.

I have no plans to waste my money on his trash. Although a Chicago liberal blogger called SiCKO his best film, to which I added in the comments section, that was kind of like choosing the best Police Academy film.

Essentially, one of the themes of his new film is that foreign health care systems are better than ours.

People in Great Britain, including doctors, will probably disagree with Moore's claim.

From The Scotsman:

Key quote
"Rationing is reduction in choice. Rationing has become a necessary evil. We need to formalise rationing to prevent an unregulated, widening, postcode-lottery of care. Government no longer has a choice." - ALEX SMALLWOOD, BMA (British Medical Association)

The government and NHS (National Health Service) must be more open with patients about the need to ration treatments and services in a system with a limited pot of cash, doctors said yesterday.

The British Medical Association conference heard that rationing was inevitable and a "necessary evil" in today's health service.

Scottish doctors also warned that targets which did not improve patients' care were being given preference to funding treatments which would make a difference.