Don’t get sick.

As Congressmen and common men alike engage in a battle of wits over the issues of healthcare reform, I would like to share with you all an absolutely true story relayed to me by a coworker about his father’s heart attack.

As many of you know, the system that the Obama administration is trying to push on us is modeled after the British system.  Many Americans have no experience with the particulars of this system, so allow me to open your eyes.

Again, this is a true story.  My coworker’s father (citizen of the UK) was on vacation last year when he had his heart attack.

“He had the heart attack on Thursday 14 August and was taken to hospital that evening.   He was on a small island called The Isle Of Man, which is near Britain.   They checked him over and made sure he was ok.

Friday 15^th, they just monitored him but decided a heart specialist needed to take a look at him.

It was then the weekend and the heart specialist wasn’t due in until the Monday, so he sat in hospital and waited.

Monday 18^th, the day came and went, no specialist arrived.

Tuesday 19^th, the specialist arrived and checked him over.   He wasn’t satisfied with what he saw and decided that he needed to be in a bigger hospital for an angiogram.   He would be flown to Liverpool, in England.

Wednesday 20^th, an air-ambulance helicopter was arranged to take him to Liverpool but there were no spare beds in the Liverpool hospital, so he couldn’t be transferred.   He went nowhere.

Thursday 21^st, still no beds in Liverpool hospital, so they agreed to transfer him to Southampton hospital.

They arranged an air-ambulance plane to take him but Southampton said they had no ambulance car/truck to pick him up from the airport.

Friday 22^nd, still no transfer, over one week since heart attack!

Saturday 23^rd, he finally flew from Isle of Man to Southampton, where he was taken to Hospital.

Upon arriving in Southampton, he was told that as it was a weekend and Monday was a public holiday in the UK, so nobody would see him until Tuesday.   However, he was not allowed to leave the hospital.

Tuesday 24^th, finally had his angiogram, 12 days after the heart attack.

The angiogram looked ok and they sent him home!”

Remind me never to have a heart attack in England.  Or here, for that matter, if Obama has his way with our healthcare system.  In fact, note to self: don’t get sick.

Obama’s health care plan is essentially taking the long lines and disgruntled workers from the DMV and applying them to hospitals.  The only difference is you’d be literally bleeding to death while you’re waiting in line.

Can’t understand why folks think this might be a good idea.