Examples of disasters caused by government intervention in health care, just from 2009. There are plenty more from before 2009. Are you ready for these headlines in the United States?
Straight from the newspapers
Kidney cancer patients denied life-saving drugs by NHS rationing body NICE
- April 29, 2009 [Daily Mail (UK)]
Girl, 3, has heart operation cancelled three times because of bed shortage
- David Rose, April 23, 2009 [Times Online]
Number of children going to hospital to have teeth pulled soars by 66% since 1997
- Daniel Martin and Cher Thornhill, April 12, 2009 [Daily Mail (UK)]
NHS 'failings' over elderly falls
- March 25, 2009 [BBC]
Learning disabled 'failed by NHS'
- Nick Triggle, March 24, 2009 [BBC]
Cancer survivor confronts the health secretary on 62-day wait
- Lyndsay Moss, March 21, 2009 [The Scotsman]
Culture of targets prevents nurses from tending to patients
- Claire Rayner, President of the Patients Association, March 21, 2009 [Telegraph UK]
Children being failed by health system, says head of watchdog
- Sarah Boseley, March 21, 2009 [Guardian Unlimited]
Our cancer shame: Survival rates still lag behind EU despite spending billions
- Jenny Hope, March 20, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Failing hospital 'caused deaths'
- March 17, 2009 [BBC]
Health gap drive 'wasted money'
- Nick Triggle, March 14, 2009 [BBC]
Longer GP opening hours branded wasteful 'PR exercise' by doctors
- Lyndsay Moss, March 13, 2009 [The Scotsman]
"Political meddling" threatens general practice, warns GP leader
- March 13, 2009 [Management in Practice (UK)]
Children at risk through lack of training for doctors and nurses, report warns
- Rebecca Smith, March 13, 2009 [Telegraph UK]
Chocolate should be taxed to control obesity epidemic, doctors are told
- Simon Johnson, March 13, 2009 [Telegraph UK]
1,000 villagers wait for a dentist after just one NHS practice opens
- March 10, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Study that proves the folly of NHS Alzheimer's drug ban
- Jenny Hope, March 7, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
NHS charges to rise in England
- March 5, 2009 [BBC]
Disabled children wait up to two years for wheelchairs
- March 4, 2009 [Guardian Unlimited]
NHS under fire over waiting times
- February 25, 2009 [The Scotsman]
Government procrastination blamed for HIV-contaminated blood tragedy
- February 23, 2009 [Guardian Unlimited]
Specialist nurses 'vastly overworked'
- February 20, 2009 [Harwich & Manningtree Standard]
Hundreds of operations cancelled at Lothian hospitals
- Adam Morris, February 19, 2009 [The Scotsman]
Stop asking for antibiotics to cure coughs and colds, Government tells patients
- Daniel Martin, February 17, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Stroke services are 'UK's worst'
- February 17, 2009 [BBC]
Hospitals curb caesarean births
- Sarah-Kate Templeton, February 15, 2009 [The Times]
Straight from the newspapers
Kidney cancer patients denied life-saving drugs by NHS rationing body NICE
- April 29, 2009 [Daily Mail (UK)]
Girl, 3, has heart operation cancelled three times because of bed shortage
- David Rose, April 23, 2009 [Times Online]
Number of children going to hospital to have teeth pulled soars by 66% since 1997
- Daniel Martin and Cher Thornhill, April 12, 2009 [Daily Mail (UK)]
NHS 'failings' over elderly falls
- March 25, 2009 [BBC]
Learning disabled 'failed by NHS'
- Nick Triggle, March 24, 2009 [BBC]
Cancer survivor confronts the health secretary on 62-day wait
- Lyndsay Moss, March 21, 2009 [The Scotsman]
Culture of targets prevents nurses from tending to patients
- Claire Rayner, President of the Patients Association, March 21, 2009 [Telegraph UK]
Children being failed by health system, says head of watchdog
- Sarah Boseley, March 21, 2009 [Guardian Unlimited]
Our cancer shame: Survival rates still lag behind EU despite spending billions
- Jenny Hope, March 20, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Failing hospital 'caused deaths'
- March 17, 2009 [BBC]
Health gap drive 'wasted money'
- Nick Triggle, March 14, 2009 [BBC]
Longer GP opening hours branded wasteful 'PR exercise' by doctors
- Lyndsay Moss, March 13, 2009 [The Scotsman]
"Political meddling" threatens general practice, warns GP leader
- March 13, 2009 [Management in Practice (UK)]
Children at risk through lack of training for doctors and nurses, report warns
- Rebecca Smith, March 13, 2009 [Telegraph UK]
Chocolate should be taxed to control obesity epidemic, doctors are told
- Simon Johnson, March 13, 2009 [Telegraph UK]
1,000 villagers wait for a dentist after just one NHS practice opens
- March 10, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Study that proves the folly of NHS Alzheimer's drug ban
- Jenny Hope, March 7, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
NHS charges to rise in England
- March 5, 2009 [BBC]
Disabled children wait up to two years for wheelchairs
- March 4, 2009 [Guardian Unlimited]
NHS under fire over waiting times
- February 25, 2009 [The Scotsman]
Government procrastination blamed for HIV-contaminated blood tragedy
- February 23, 2009 [Guardian Unlimited]
Specialist nurses 'vastly overworked'
- February 20, 2009 [Harwich & Manningtree Standard]
Hundreds of operations cancelled at Lothian hospitals
- Adam Morris, February 19, 2009 [The Scotsman]
Stop asking for antibiotics to cure coughs and colds, Government tells patients
- Daniel Martin, February 17, 2009 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Stroke services are 'UK's worst'
- February 17, 2009 [BBC]
Hospitals curb caesarean births
- Sarah-Kate Templeton, February 15, 2009 [The Times]
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