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**bingookenoo** · 04-06-2011, 05:05 AM

This is your future under ObamaCare. Not Obama's future, not elitist politicians', not even 'the rich', they'll all get the best care. But YOU will be stuck with this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12964360

5 April 2011 Last updated at 12:00 ET

Surgeons raise alarm over waiting

By Branwen Jeffreys
Health correspondent, BBC News

Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment.

In several areas routine surgery was put on hold for months, while in many others new thresholds for hip and knee replacements have been introduced.

The moves are part of the NHS drive to find £20bn efficiency savings by 2015.

The government said performance should be measured by outcomes not numbers.

Surgeons have described the delays faced by patients as "devastating and cruel". Peter Kay, the president of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), says they've become increasingly frustrated that hip and knee replacements are being targeted as a way of finding savings.

"We've started to get reports over the last nine months that access to these services are being restricted.

04-06-2011, 05:05 AM	#1
bingookenoo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 380 Senior Member	Report: In England, patients often wait months for routine surgeries This is your future under ObamaCare. Not Obama's future, not elitist politicians', not even 'the rich', they'll all get the best care. But YOU will be stuck with this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12964360 5 April 2011 Last updated at 12:00 ET Surgeons raise alarm over waiting By Branwen Jeffreys Health correspondent, BBC News Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment. In several areas routine surgery was put on hold for months, while in many others new thresholds for hip and knee replacements have been introduced. The moves are part of the NHS drive to find £20bn efficiency savings by 2015. The government said performance should be measured by outcomes not numbers. Surgeons have described the delays faced by patients as "devastating and cruel". Peter Kay, the president of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), says they've become increasingly frustrated that hip and knee replacements are being targeted as a way of finding savings. "We've started to get reports over the last nine months that access to these services are being restricted.
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