A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Scotty gets the picture... perhaps
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Parse it any way you please, but if the
government IN ANY WAY sets policy for admitting or serving patients,
even in
a general guidelines document or by so much as saying something to the
effect of "doctors shall treat patients according to the priority of
the
illness", as to what the priority of treatment is, the whole system is
"government controlled."
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And the government IN NO WAY does any of what you suppose above.

Yes, it does. See my rather long post on the subject.


Whether you do or do not get what you need medically, depends on the
resources available at that time. Sometimes, when you've been more
lucid, you've alluded to that, and, I think, everyone has agreed with
you on that point. If you can stick with that point, and stay away from
your boogey-man, the state-controlled, socialist, bureaucrat waving a
state-mandated priority list, you'll be well on your way to
understanding the system.

Sorry, but you're just entirely wrong.
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