Faith, Beer, and Other Things That Interest Geoff

Despite the growing evidence that socialist medicine is a disaster, its supporters blindly continue to push for a government system in the U.S. They need some down time in a hospital bed in south-central England.

The British system, which, along with Canada's, supposedly is the model we should follow, is no panacea. It is, in fact, a mess.

A Los Angeles Times story on Friday described a system so rotten that in some hospitals "patients allegedly were forced to defecate in their beds and wait for hours for clean sheets."

The story focuses on the struggle in British hospitals to contain the growth of deadly hospital infections that are in large part bred by unsanitary conditions.

Labels: health care

Government cannot overcome the laws of economics. All resources are limited. Supply and demand set price, quantity, and quality. When you promise something for free, you run out of supply as people consume resources regardless of need.

Labels: health care, socialism