More Cognitive Dissonance in Healthcare.

[Ohmer]

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=333933006516877

You will see this at the top:

Editor's Note: This version corrects the original editorial which implied that physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of Cambridge, did not live in the UK.

It used to say this:

People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.

Apparently, the author didn't care enough about the subject to do the tiniest amount of fact checking. Whats worse, instead of admitting he was completely wrong about how the UK "figures out who deserves treatment", the inconvenient fact was removed.

Here's another more ironic example about Kenneth Gladney, a man supposedly injured in a scuffle at a town hall meeting:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_08/019423.php

Gladney did not address Saturday's crowd of about 200 people. His attorney, David Brown, however, read a prepared statement Gladney wrote. "A few nights ago there was an assault on my liberty, and on yours, too." Brown read. "This should never happen in this country."

Supporters cheered. Brown finished by telling the crowd that Gladney is accepting donations toward his medical expenses. Gladney told reporters he was recently laid off and has no health insurance. [emphasis added]

He was injured bravely fighting for the right to beg for donations to cover his medical bills...

 

[Ohmer]

Grrrrr. Didn't see this in Social Issues & Current Events :

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150490