Posted on 06/25/2008 12:57:34 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious
A NSW man has pulled out his own rotten tooth after waiting years for public dental treatment.
Jeff Miners said he extracted his own molar tooth about four weeks ago, after he had languished on a series of public dental waiting lists since 2001.
Despite having a mouthful of rotten teeth, the 58-year-old from Bega in southern NSW has gone without treatment except for a single filling in 2005.
"Through inaction, I had to start taking action myself,'' Mr Miners said.
"I kept working on it to loosen it, the cavity was so big I could fit my forefinger into it, and I just pulled it out.''
"I think this is scandalous. Jeff is one of 160,000 people waiting for public dental care in this state and (Health Minister) Reba Meagher does absolutely nothing,'' Ms Skinner told reporters today.
The NSW government's $120 million budget allocation to public dental services was the "lowest per capita of any state in Australia'', she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Hundreds of billions of dollars in government health care and this is the result.
Think, Sub-prime Hospital.
I can’t wait for the Democrat dream (nightmare) scenario of a health care system run like the present-day DMV.
Perhaps they should put a fully-stocked toolbox in the lobby so we can get on with things.
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$750 per person, With govt inefficiencies thrown in each person has an annual budget of $5. Just enough to buy your own pliers for tooth extraction.
Different system down under obviously-
healthcare is universal but nothing prevents one from buying his own private insurance in addition to the gov’t “care”.
if you buy your own policy, you still have full rights to the unversal system = but you get to choose.
this chap obivously only had gov’t care. lesson learned.
Can they use their own money? I thought the dentists weren’t allowed to see any private patients.
Socialized Medicine: coming soon to a nation near you. :D
doctors can choose to see whomever they choose. Of course, the best [more expensive] doctors choose to accept private patients and the worst [least expensive] rely on gov’t referrals....
AFAIK it’s the same w/ dentists
One thing about arrogantassed libs, though -
they’re always smarter than anyone who ever lived, wiser than God Himself (they reject Biblical truths),
and obviously they’d run the system here better than anywhere it’s been tried.
I’m asking because in England the doctors have a quota and can’t accept patients beyond that. AFAIK
Actually, I’d agree to total government healthcare IF the congresscritters would have EXACTLY the same care as the rest of us. E.G, get rid of their fat cat plans and have to extract their teeth like this poor fellow did. AND, that means the bimbo-bit**es like Pelosi and Boxer who have never had real jobs (and never would, save their rich husbands), have to be forbidden from paying for their care privately. (Sarcasm off)
This is a lesson we need to keep in mind. Healthcare will be rationed under socialized medicine. You won’t be able to have operations or certain treatments on your own schedule. Bureaucracy will decide whether and when you will have a needed operation.
This is a lesson we need to keep in mind. Healthcare will be rationed under socialized medicine. You won’t be able to have operations or certain treatments on your own schedule. Bureaucracy will decide whether and when you will have a needed operation.
The show-stopper for socialized medicine types is to ask them what will prevent government workers from moving themselves to the front of any and all queues - transplants, major surgery, drugs, etc.
Think about government employees getting out of tickets, fines, etc. and you get the idea.
Rationing (especially unnecessary rationing) will bring on corruption in very short order.
If we were to institute socialized dentistry in this country, it would be akin to going to one of those “chain” dental clinics that are usually located in the inner cities and less affluent areas. Lots of welfare types in the waiting room, and a much lower quality of treatment.
No thanks Obama.
They're probably not supposed to buy pot either, but I bet you can get it.
I actually got a lib relative to admit that the gov’t wouldn’t be the best entity to run the health care system - perhaps letting her borrow my “Basic Economics” book made a dent.
However, my argument against socialized medicine goes like this.
Even with today’s system, imagine an epidemic, where many, many people are using the system, and even some of the doctors have succumbed, reducing the number of doctors available.
What are they going to have to do to treat all of the people demanding medical attention? What happens to the old, the obese, the smokers, the pre-mature babies, etc? They don’t get care. Period.
Now, imagine a system where healthcare is free, and the demand is unlimited by cost. Doctors have limits on what they can charge, limits imposed by government, so many choose to go into other fields, like... being lawyers. You now have the same situation - unlimited demand, and an even lower supply of providers.
Healthcare will be rationed, and people will not get the care they need. Just like the epidemic scenario.
I had a deadly fear of dentists up til about 7 years ago. So bad that I pulled two of my own back teeth using vice grips (2 seperate occaisions) after spending several sleepless nights suffering from toothaches. Fillings that I’d received as a child came out cavities developed....
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I just shoot ‘em out when they hurt.
I am thinking of the dental scene in the movie: Marathon Man, ouch - I dread going to the dentist!!!!!!!/Just Asking - seoul62......
Remember when everyone thought HMO’s were so grand when first introduced?
I am numb./Just Asking - seoul62.......
Ahh, the joys of socialized medicine/dentistry...
This idiot could have gotten high quality private dental care in heartbeat at a reasonable price.
The problem is, he wants it “free.”
I sit in that waiting room
It seemed like all afternoon
The nurse finally said doc’s ready for you
you’re not gonna feel a thing we’ll give you some novicane
That tooth will be fine in a minute or two
But he stuck that needle down deep in my gum
And he started drillin’ before I was numb
Some beach
Somewhere
There’s a beautiful sunset burning up the atsmosphere
There’s music and dancing and lovers romancing
In the soft evening air
On some beach
Somewhere
On some beach, somewhere
Hope and Change!
Yikes that sounds awful...
And, people become addicted to pain killers while waiting. If you don’t make the choices (read bear the costs & make the decisions privately, expecting “govt. the daddy” to pay for “free services”), the GOVT will make the choices, meaning — ration out the scarce resources.
No thanks, I will keep freedom of choice.
Let’s look at China, — all goods and services “free” but the govt. faces scarcity, too. End result, “1-child” per family, coerced state policy. Your kid dies in a major earthquake? Oops, “...Have a nice day!” says the govt.
“No” to govt control of choices, markets, individual decisions & freedom
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