Government Run Health Care Sacrificing Lives For Dollars–UPDATED
March 22, 2009 / 12:51 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierDecisions must be made, right?
Kim Priestap follows the line of choices made that may have resulted in Natasha Richardson’s potentially unnecessary death. Quebec has a fine fleet of unusable medical planes and no helicopters.
Socialized medicine often makes decisions that are expedient but immoral. How much is a life worth? It suddenly becomes worth more when a helicopter ride could save it.
More on Richardson’s injury here.
UPDATE: Don Surber quips, “Once again, a government health care plan figures out how to save money on health care — by saving fewer lives.”
