Don't treat the Old and Un-healthy

Doctors are calling for NHS treatment to be withheld from patients who are too old or who lead unhealthy lives. # Have your say: Should lifestyle play a role in deciding who gets NHS treatment?

Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone. Fertility treatment and "social" abortions are also on the list of procedures that many doctors say should not be funded by the state.

This is the shining example of government provided universal health care from Britain. Proponents of US universal health care should read this article. The government is about to make decisions on lifestyles based soley upon costs relating to healthcare. Is the next step in this evolution euthanasia of the elderly and over-weight? After all it is better to put the suffering out of their misery than it is to allow them to suffer with problems the government can not afford to address.

Can you imagine the animal right types siding up with government health care officials and pushing an agenda banning consumption of animal products citing the cost to the government healthcare system. The health police will monitor calories, sugar intake, alcohol consumption etc. I can envision compulsory pre-natal screening and abortions for any weaknesses. All in the name of a balanced health care budget. What a beautiful world it will be when all Americans can enjoy their right to free government funded mandated healthcare.

“Don’t Treat the Old and Un-healthy”

Better yet - execute them. The Brave New World of the future should be reserved for the young, the fit, the beautiful, and the politically correct.

Come to that, all ugly people should be required to undergo cosmetic surgery, selecting from one of a half-dozen or so facial paradigms, so that everyone looks AND thinks the same.

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