Pumps' Perplexities

Here is a recent story from Australia regarding their
socialized health care system......

One member of their "Liberal Party" is promising
200 additional new hospital beds and 500 nurses
if he is elected to office.....The "Labor Party" has
promised 2500 new nurses but the "Liberal Party"
thinks they have the better deal......

The new beds will free up some which are currently
used for "emergency" and assign them to "elective"
surgery patients....."Elective" surgery is a low priority
item in a socialized health care system.....Knee, hip,
shoulder operations are considered "elective".....Please
wait in line......

So you can see, from the first two paragraphs, that
Universal Health Care is a "political football".....Vote
for the candidate who is promising the most hospital
beds and reducing "waiting" time.....

One wonders if they will get your vote again after waiting
six months, in pain, to see a doctor that will solve your
medical problem.......Pumps