This one had me in stitches (no pun intended)...
Quote:
As the US healthcare debate hots up during Congress's summer recess, anti-reform campaigners have been directing criticisms across the Atlantic at the UK healthcare system.
The most recent row erupted after an editorial at the Investors Business Daily (IBD) launched an attack on the British National Health Service (NHS), as a warning against what could happen if the US adopted such a model.
"The controlling of medical costs in countries such as Britain through rationing, and the health consequences thereof are legendary," the article said. "The stories of people dying on a waiting list or being denied altogether read like a horror movie script."
The article's author went on to assert that "people such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless."
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Someone then quietly pointed out to him that Stephen Hawking is British, has lived in Britain his entire life, and gets pretty much all his medical treatment via the NHS
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Classic...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8198084.stm