Let the Rationing Begin
When the government intervenes in the private sector, supply and demand get out of whack. Socialized medicine offers 'free" health care, but it dismisses the fact that demand skyrockets when prices go down.
This invariably leads to long waiting periods, or worse, rationing. That's what's happening now in Great Britain.
British doctors will take the historic step of admitting for the first time that many health treatments will be rationed in the future because the NHS cannot cope with spiralling demand from patients.
In a major report that will embarrass the government, the British Medical Association will say fertility treatment, plastic surgery and operations for varicose veins and minor childhood ailments, such as glue ear, are among a long list of procedures in jeopardy.
