Comments on: Americans – Be aware of Government’s promises http://www.nursesforreformblog.com/2009/11/20/americans-be-aware-of-governments-promises/ The blog for Nurses for Reform, a growing pan-European network of nurses dedicated to consumer-oriented reform of European healthcare systems. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MattLeese http://www.nursesforreformblog.com/2009/11/20/americans-be-aware-of-governments-promises/comment-page-1/#comment-5264 MattLeese Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:38:41 +0000 http://www.nursesforreformblog.com/?p=411#comment-5264 Of course you'll be left to die if the NHS can't afford your healthcare, but all healthcare systems have finite resources and rationing. How is that different from a health insurance company refusing to pay for your treatment because your premiums weren't high enough? We don't have the money to treat everyone all of the time and tough choices have to be made. It's not as simple an issue as you seem to think. Slagging off the NHS in the way you do ignores the facts about healthcare everywhere. Of course you’ll be left to die if the NHS can’t afford your healthcare, but all healthcare systems have finite resources and rationing. How is that different from a health insurance company refusing to pay for your treatment because your premiums weren’t high enough? We don’t have the money to treat everyone all of the time and tough choices have to be made.

It’s not as simple an issue as you seem to think. Slagging off the NHS in the way you do ignores the facts about healthcare everywhere.

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