Another warning from Mother England

In a column in the Telegraph this morning titled "It's time to slay the bureaucratic monster that's ruining the NHS," (NHS = National Health Service - Britain's version of Obamacare) there are some dire warnings for us across the pond that are contemplating nationalizing our health care system. The author Michael Fallon describes a system of "trusts" that operate across the system that are another layer of bureaucracy between the patient and the doctor.

There are regional trusts by geography and overlapping trusts by area of specialization - mental health and ambulance, for example. In all, "there is simply too much management right across the NHS, most of it duplicating, interfering or counter-productive, and all of it diverting resources from the hard-pressed units and nurses who treat real people."

What fairy tale book do Obama and Congress read that makes them believe this experience won't be repeated here? Once the SEIU gets their mitts on the control levers through a public option and gratuitous treatment, our system will be doomed. Fallon concludes his piece with a call out to the British Conservative Party:

Exactly half of the entire 1.3 million NHS workforce isn't treating patients. The real questions are for the Conservative shadow health secretary: Andrew Lansley, are you listening?

No, America...are you listening?