As we all know, President Obama’s choice to head Medicare and Medicaid, Donald Berwick, is a big fan of the British National Health Service.<\/p>\n
Powerline has made a practice of chronicling the NHS’s success, from dead babies<\/a>, lack of basic diagnostic equipment<\/a>, patients texting their own neglect<\/a>, others not being able to do so<\/a>, and tales of horror from those who made it here<\/a>, to safety.<\/p>\n In case all that hasn’t convinced you that maybe we could do better with some other model, perhaps this will.\u00a0 Britain is apparently unable<\/a> to cope<\/a> with the flu, H1N1<\/a>:<\/p>\n The deaths are mostly among children and young adults, with five cases in the under-fives and eight cases among those aged five to 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The release of the HPA figures comes as hospitals across the country begin cancelling planned operations to free up intensive care beds to deal with rising numbers of seriously ill flu patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Managers of hospitals in Newcastle, Manchester, Norfolk, Leicester and London have already declared they have had to put some elective operations on hold, including heart surgery<\/strong>. That list is expected to grow.\u00a0 (emphasis edded)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n And this:<\/p>\n\n
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