Finally, an intelligent response. Of course, decisions must be made that will limit or modify payment for healthcare claims to those procedures and treatments proven to be necessary, effective and cost efficient for the patients being treated. Is that "rationing"? Of course it is. What Great Britain seems to be doing is trying to make some intelligent choices as to what medical care is necessary and affordable and what is not. Will some people remain sick or even die as the result? Yes. But the objective will be to provide an effective and affordable system of healthcare for the maximum number of people.

That's an approach not yet considered here in the U.S., and our skyrocketing costs show it. Yet there are those, including many on this forum, who refuse to recognize that we simply can't continue our healthcare system which produces sub-standard results with unaffordable costs.

The critics, like the original poster in this thread, will continue to refuse to recognize the problem or even begin to suggest a solution. Rather, they'll take their own form of " fun" by throwing out inflammatory and often incomplete and inaccurate allegations.

But why should I be critical of anyone doing that here in this forum? The same type of thing happens every day in the Congress of the United States.