Perhaps one of the most dangerous platforms the Democrats are running on is Socialized Health Care; that is, free health care for everyone, yay! People often point to Britain and Canada as leading examples of the wonders of Socialized Medicine. Well, try getting an MRI in Canada or dental care in Britain; I just hope you’re not one of the seven million waiting in line:

It has meant a shortage of dentists with shocking reports of people being forced to pull their own teeth out.

Now, there are reports that many British doctors don’t want to provide health care to old or unhealthy people; an argument I don’t wholly disagree with (especially in regard to the unhealthy lifestyles) but it’s just another sad commentary on the Socialized Health Care system. That is, Socialized medicine doesn’t work.

Smokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and the elderly should be barred from receiving some operations, according to doctors, with most saying the health service cannot afford to provide free care to everyone.

Obesity costs the British taxpayer £7 billion a year. Overweight people are more likely to contract diabetes, cancer and heart disease, and to require replacement joints or stomach-stapling operations.

Meanwhile, £1.7 billion is spent treating diseases caused by smoking, such as lung cancer, bronchitis and emphysema, with a similar sum spent by the NHS on alcohol problems. Cases of cirrhosis have tripled over the past decade.

Now, this sounds reasonable to some degree, right? Of course it does; I mean, if you’re a heavy alcoholic, should you get that liver transplant over the other person whose liver is failing for some other, uncontrollable reason? But, when the government deals with things, they cannot discriminate in such a manner. I mean, sure, doctors in America cannot make this discrimination, either but at least the health care system is setup in such a way that if you’re a smoker or an alcoholic or whatever, certain procedures will either not be covered under your policy or you will be denied altogether.

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