Actually, that should be Government Health Care Inaction.

The UK has a government health care agency, the National Health Service (NHS).  One of the problems that can arise with government run health care is that politics become intertwined with the services provided.  A sterling example of such an unfortunate situation is occurring right now in the UK.

From the The Times Online:

It is bad enough that you can be refused medical treatment on the NHS for eating, drinking or smoking too much. Now it seems that you can be denied an operation for protesting too much in support of your religious or political beliefs.

Edward Atkinson, a 75-year-old anti-abortion activist, was jailed recently for 28 days for sending photographs of aborted foetuses to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. That draconian sentence was not deemed punishment enough: the hospital has banned Mr. Atkinson from receiving the hip replacement operation he was expecting.

I suppose that in a society that uses a government health care system you are only guaranteed service as long as your political views are acceptable to those in power.

• Yep, that socialized medicine is great
• Employer provided health insurance is a bad thing
• This was bound to happen
• Thoughts on health care
• Irrational health care spending

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