Thanks to the miracle of British socialized medicine, it's been proven that Simon Cowell has a heart
Stepping in when Britain’s socialized medical system failed, American Idol judge Simon Cowell donated nearly $160,000 to help save the life of a cancer-stricken little girl.
This report from London’s Daily Mail tells the story:
The pop Svengali donated the money for 18-month-old Sophie Atay–from Birtley, Gateshead–to fly to the US for pioneering treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York.
He acted after learning the youngster’s family launched a last-ditch appeal for £500,000 to pay for the treatment last week after they were told Sophie was suffering from a rare form of neuroblastoma and needed treatment within days.
Now hold on just a gol-danged minute here. There’s something very fishy about this story.
We all know Great Britain is a paradise where socialized medicine has done away with all sickness. So why does this little English girl have to fly halfway around the world to get medical care in the United States? And for god’s sake, why does a wealthy stranger have to pay for it?
This is obviously a phony story cooked up by evil Republicans in an attempt to keep the United States from having a wonderful socialized medical system like Great Britain.
And we almost fell for it.
Source: Daily Mail UK
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I think you might have misunderstood what has happened here.
This cancer is reported as being extremely RARE and Britain is a country with a small population; as such, it makes absolutely no sense for our public health system to provide specialist treatment for it when the system’s finite resources could be directed where they would do more good. The NHS isn’t perfect, but it’s a lot better than the nothing with which many would otherwise be left.
You should understand that Britain also has a well developed and much used private health system which was unable to offer this child treatment either.
As a final, flippant, point I should point out that the source you quote was the only newspaper in Britain to support the Nazis when they came to power in Germany in 1933 and “The Daily Heil” has continued in a similar, although increasing subtle, spirit since.
oh mark, you un-incredible jackass, you just proved the futility of the system in your reply:
“You should understand that Britain also has a well developed and much used private health system which was unable to offer this child treatment either.”
HURR, MARK, HURR, maybe if the private system wasnt held down by socialism, THEY COULD HAVE DEVELOPED THE SAME CURE WE DID HERE IN THE STATES
i also like that because its rare, that it shouldnt be treated, oh noes, i hope you dont get a rare disease, because i would hate for you to die from it.
as MY final point, the nazi party didnt run on “kill ze joos” they were originally a (socialist) party meant to restore germany’s power in the world
why do you think so many nazis tried to kill hitler during his reign? what, you think they just had a sudden change of heart? the readers here are smart enough to know this, stop trying to discredit the source
This is my new name (if that’s even your real name):
The US has a population of 304,000,000 – I hope that most of them are a little more eloquent than your good self I might add – whereas the UK has a population of 60,000,000. That is the only reason there is only one hospital in the US where this could be treated; Your point would only be valid if there were at least 5 hospitals in the US treating this specific condition.
The simple fact is that no Doctor would chose to specialise in a condition which is so rare that they simply wouldn’t see enough patients and could go years without seeing a single one. This is even more true in a private system where the doctor has to earn his living or justify their job by seeing and treating patients.
Your points about the Nazis are so fundamentally wrong that I couldn’t even begin to untangle that massive bundle of knots into which you have tied yourself, so it’s probably best to leave you with your delusions.
“…it makes absolutely no sense for our public health system to provide specialist treatment for it when the system’s finite resources could be directed where they would do more good.”
This is the fundamental problem with socialism at large. The rights and the good of the individual are sacrificed for the “greater good”. It becomes unimportant to take care of everyone, when so much more can be done for people that don’t need the help. The result is that those who are most in need don’t get the care they need, and the rest of the population that could very well take care of itself is denied the right and opportunity.
You may want to introduce phrases like this (transliterated) one into your vocabulary… “Eta liniya dlya oboovi ili hlyeb?” (Is this line for shoes, or bread?)
Treehog:
You appear to have ignored both my second comment and also the point I made about population and doctors’ career choices.
I repeat – no doctor (especially those in private practice, who must justify their existence in purely financial terms) would choose to specialise in a condition where there will be too few patients to provide them with a fulfilling career. In a small country like Britain this means that we have fewer specialist doctors – it is simple arithmetic; not politics.