NHS DENIES SURGERY TO CUT COSTS

GUARDIAN: Basic surgery denied by NHS trusts to cut costs, say surgeons

Basic surgical procedures that could improve the lives of thousands of people are being withheld by NHS trusts desperate to save money, according to some of the country's leading doctors.

In a letter in today's Guardian, the presidents of associations representing six of the biggest surgical disciplines claim "patients attend their GP surgeries with conditions that can be effectively treated by surgery and are being turned away".

Some of the patients may not even be told that an operation could help their problem, the surgeons say. Even when the sick are referred to a hospital consultant they can be refused operations because trusts have "arbitrarily defined a number of operations that reduce pain, improve quality of life and prevent serious long-term complications as being of 'limited clinical value'".

THIS IS WHAT OBAMACARE WILL LEAD TO HERE - IF WE DON'T REPEAL AND REPLACE IT.

VOTE GOP THIS NOVEMBER.

THE LIFE YOU AVE MAY BE YOUR OWN!

REMEMBER:

• A PRIVATE HEALTHCARE-GIVER NEEDS TO SATISFY HIS PATIENTS TO STAY IN BUSINESS: HE WANTS THEM HAPPY; HE WANTS THEM TO COME BACK AND RECOMMEND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

• THE GOVERNMENT DOES BETTER WHEN IT SAVES MONEY BY DENYING SERVICES.

• SURE SURE SURE:
  

• AN INSURANCE COMPANY CAN TRY TO DO THAT TOO,
  

• BUT - IN A FUNCTIONING FREE MARKET - IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S HANDLING OF A PROBLEM, AT LEAST YOU CAN THREATEN TO TAKE YOU BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.

• WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS THE PROVIDER, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

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