“Die in Britain, survive in the US”

From Viking Pundit:
Jeff Jacoby writes in the Boston Globe “National health insurance: the wrong Rx”:

As it happens, the real-world consequences of single-payer healthcare -- also known as socialized medicine or national health insurance -- are well-documented. Single-payer care exists in Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and much of Western Europe. And wherever it has been tried, writes John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, ''rationing by waiting is pervasive, putting patients at risk and keeping them in pain.''

Or as P.J. O’Rourke once said: “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it’s free.”