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	<title>Comments on: 75 is the Age at Which Socialized Medicine Decides you Die</title>
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		<title>By: john spielman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[john spielman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the bottom line is: a private health insurance makes a profit for its investors and denies affordable premiums to those with either preexisting disease or  a bad family history while a public covers both equally with everyone else.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the bottom line is: a private health insurance makes a profit for its investors and denies affordable premiums to those with either preexisting disease or  a bad family history while a public covers both equally with everyone else.</p>
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		<title>By: UCSPanther</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[UCSPanther]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I understand old man Ceasescu didn&#039;t want to admit to the world that HIV was infecting the Romanian people, and it was said that he kept infection rates and any other knowledge related to the virus a tightly guarded state secret.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand old man Ceasescu didn&#8217;t want to admit to the world that HIV was infecting the Romanian people, and it was said that he kept infection rates and any other knowledge related to the virus a tightly guarded state secret.</p>
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		<title>By: carltjohnson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[carltjohnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 01:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank goodness I do not use modern medicine, socialized or otherwise. Maybe I&#039;ll live past 75.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank goodness I do not use modern medicine, socialized or otherwise. Maybe I&#8217;ll live past 75.</p>
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		<title>By: Len Colby</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Len Colby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL another risible offering from FP Most if not all the other countries in Europe have socialized medical systems roughly similar to the UK&#039;s so even if the article is accurate it reflects problems with the NHS rather than  socialized medicine itself. And Obamacare is very different from the systems in the UK or other European countries.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL another risible offering from FP Most if not all the other countries in Europe have socialized medical systems roughly similar to the UK&#8217;s so even if the article is accurate it reflects problems with the NHS rather than  socialized medicine itself. And Obamacare is very different from the systems in the UK or other European countries.</p>
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		<title>By: darnellecheri</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[darnellecheri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, orphanages during the Ceausescu era were forbidden for Westerners to enter, and post-Revolution, the world understood why.  Due to the Romanian medical community being deprived of the knowledge of Western medical advances, and the onslaught of the AIDS virus, along with being deprived of medical supplies, the Romanian medical community (most) were using the same needles injecting blood from adults to infants.  Too tragic for words, I&#039;m afraid.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, orphanages during the Ceausescu era were forbidden for Westerners to enter, and post-Revolution, the world understood why.  Due to the Romanian medical community being deprived of the knowledge of Western medical advances, and the onslaught of the AIDS virus, along with being deprived of medical supplies, the Romanian medical community (most) were using the same needles injecting blood from adults to infants.  Too tragic for words, I&#8217;m afraid.</p>
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		<title>By: UCSPanther</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And who can forget those foul orphanages.  



One bullet riddled death was not enough for that scumbag.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And who can forget those foul orphanages.  </p>
<p>One bullet riddled death was not enough for that scumbag.</p>
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		<title>By: Moa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All countries do emergency treatment immediately. The biggest difference is in waiting times for non-urgent surgery. Some people have to wait years with painful and debilitating, but not life threatening, conditions because the funding only provides for X number of surgical teams that can do aX procedures/annum.  The constraint, as always, is cash and supply cannot meet demand because it is difficult to divert more from the tax haul without ruining the economy.

The &quot;facility fee&quot; system you explain seems to be a poor workaround to the public &amp; private duality that exists in the UK, NZ, Australia, the USA, and probably elsewhere too. In order to cling to dogma the Canadian system will try and do the same thing, but just have more bureaucracy in the way, right?  

What it comes down to (as it always does) is &#039;choice&#039;. You can be treated in the public sector using your tax dollars - but be at the whims of the priorities set by the politicians that hold the purse-strings, the bureaucrats that run the system, and the hard-working but stretched providers. Of, you can instead choose to divert some of your earnings to receive insurance for faster and more focused healthcare, along with a better experience (private rooms with great facilities instead of shared wards). 

This is no different to choosing auto insurance, or house insurance, or travel insurance, or contents insurance, or income protection insurance, or business liability insurance, etc etc - yet the Big State bureaucrats feel the need to insert themselves between the customer and the provider - all because of socialist dogma and a reaction to conditions 150 years ago in the early Industrial Era. This represents an inefficiency in the system, and diverts money from providing the best possible care and facilities into the legions of bureaucrats who deal with ever increasing reams of paper, not all of which may be necessary.

The socialization of health care is a relatively recent invention/experiment. If the Government regulates the industry enough to ensure that there is not gouging or discrimination by providers then there shouldn&#039;t be the need for the legions of civil servants, a cohort would be sufficient instead. 

 Here&#039;s a question for you. If you or your family have a major illness would you prefer to use the private system (which is unquestionably adequate, and does the very best with the resources it is given) or would you prefer to use one of the private clinics with their &quot;facility fees&quot; ?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All countries do emergency treatment immediately. The biggest difference is in waiting times for non-urgent surgery. Some people have to wait years with painful and debilitating, but not life threatening, conditions because the funding only provides for X number of surgical teams that can do aX procedures/annum.  The constraint, as always, is cash and supply cannot meet demand because it is difficult to divert more from the tax haul without ruining the economy.</p>
<p>The &#8220;facility fee&#8221; system you explain seems to be a poor workaround to the public &amp; private duality that exists in the UK, NZ, Australia, the USA, and probably elsewhere too. In order to cling to dogma the Canadian system will try and do the same thing, but just have more bureaucracy in the way, right?  </p>
<p>What it comes down to (as it always does) is &#8216;choice&#8217;. You can be treated in the public sector using your tax dollars &#8211; but be at the whims of the priorities set by the politicians that hold the purse-strings, the bureaucrats that run the system, and the hard-working but stretched providers. Of, you can instead choose to divert some of your earnings to receive insurance for faster and more focused healthcare, along with a better experience (private rooms with great facilities instead of shared wards). </p>
<p>This is no different to choosing auto insurance, or house insurance, or travel insurance, or contents insurance, or income protection insurance, or business liability insurance, etc etc &#8211; yet the Big State bureaucrats feel the need to insert themselves between the customer and the provider &#8211; all because of socialist dogma and a reaction to conditions 150 years ago in the early Industrial Era. This represents an inefficiency in the system, and diverts money from providing the best possible care and facilities into the legions of bureaucrats who deal with ever increasing reams of paper, not all of which may be necessary.</p>
<p>The socialization of health care is a relatively recent invention/experiment. If the Government regulates the industry enough to ensure that there is not gouging or discrimination by providers then there shouldn&#8217;t be the need for the legions of civil servants, a cohort would be sufficient instead. </p>
<p> Here&#8217;s a question for you. If you or your family have a major illness would you prefer to use the private system (which is unquestionably adequate, and does the very best with the resources it is given) or would you prefer to use one of the private clinics with their &#8220;facility fees&#8221; ?</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Soros Retires From Hedge Fund Management

 By Tim Worstall July 26, 2011 10:38 AM 

No, George Soros is not retiring per se: just retiring from the business of managing others&#039; money

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It gives him more time to dabble and screw up.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>George Soros Retires From Hedge Fund Management</p>
<p> By Tim Worstall July 26, 2011 10:38 AM </p>
<p>No, George Soros is not retiring per se: just retiring from the business of managing others&#8217; money</p>
<p>__________________________________________<br />
It gives him more time to dabble and screw up.</p>
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		<title>By: laura r</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[he will never retire. he will live to be 100, &amp; then some. in his mind he is &quot;useful&quot;. he founded the &quot;open society&quot; which gives grants for propaganda projects. his influence is endless. he must be one of the most powerful people in the western world. speaking of usless eaters, this is exactly what he wants for the USA.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>he will never retire. he will live to be 100, &amp; then some. in his mind he is &#8220;useful&#8221;. he founded the &#8220;open society&#8221; which gives grants for propaganda projects. his influence is endless. he must be one of the most powerful people in the western world. speaking of usless eaters, this is exactly what he wants for the USA.</p>
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		<title>By: john spielman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[john spielman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also we try to treat all cancers with in 2weeks of diagnosis as far as surgery is concerned  but there may be delays for surgery if preop chemo or radiation is needed. The medical and radiation oncologists usually see pts within 2weeks of diagnosis and start treatment as soon as any surgical wounds are healed (if surgery done first) 
 All emergency surgery is done as emergent. Immediate life or limb is done immediately. Bowel obstructions, acute appendicitis are done within 6-8 hours. Fractured hips within 48hours (delay of at least 24hours is needed to allow bleeding to stop) fractured ankle within 2-4days.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also we try to treat all cancers with in 2weeks of diagnosis as far as surgery is concerned  but there may be delays for surgery if preop chemo or radiation is needed. The medical and radiation oncologists usually see pts within 2weeks of diagnosis and start treatment as soon as any surgical wounds are healed (if surgery done first)<br />
 All emergency surgery is done as emergent. Immediate life or limb is done immediately. Bowel obstructions, acute appendicitis are done within 6-8 hours. Fractured hips within 48hours (delay of at least 24hours is needed to allow bleeding to stop) fractured ankle within 2-4days.</p>
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		<title>By: john spielman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[john spielman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Canada it is illegal to have a parallel private system like the UK or New Zealand so everything is paid for by tax dollars. There are attempts to shorten waiting lists for certain procedures by the govt  paying hospitals extra for certain procedures like hip replacement knee replacement and cataract surgery in an attempt to shorten waiting time. In addition private surgery clinic can offer people a chance to &quot;jump the que&quot; by charging people a &quot; facility fee &quot; to cover the cost of the private clinic while the surgeons fees, anesthesia fees etc are covered by the tax funded provincial medical insurance.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Canada it is illegal to have a parallel private system like the UK or New Zealand so everything is paid for by tax dollars. There are attempts to shorten waiting lists for certain procedures by the govt  paying hospitals extra for certain procedures like hip replacement knee replacement and cataract surgery in an attempt to shorten waiting time. In addition private surgery clinic can offer people a chance to &#8220;jump the que&#8221; by charging people a &#8221; facility fee &#8221; to cover the cost of the private clinic while the surgeons fees, anesthesia fees etc are covered by the tax funded provincial medical insurance.</p>
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		<title>By: Moa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your factual input.


Is the perceived cost-benefit ratio more of a factor than age? Surely some people are denied treatment that is too expensive for the socialized system (I live in New Zealand, we&#039;re full socialized - and there aren&#039;t enough resources that the medical professionals need ; hence I have private insurance, which means I pay tax and for medical insurance).


The other factor in socialized health (at least here) is not that old people won&#039;t be treated, it is that they have long waiting lists until they are treated. I understand that the waiting in the US is much shorter for those with insurance. 



Private insurance has been *much* faster to serve me when I needed it. I get the same quality of care, more comfortable surroundings, but treated pretty much straight away.  My sister had breast cancer and was treated and through surgery and a course of chemo in the same by the time some people she met had the first appointment with a public health specialist.


This is not intended as an indictment of the medical professionals - who provide equivalently excellent care in the two systems (public and private), since the same specialists work in both systems.  What I&#039;m talking about is the management of constrained resources, and the impact that has on treatment timelines.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your factual input.</p>
<p>Is the perceived cost-benefit ratio more of a factor than age? Surely some people are denied treatment that is too expensive for the socialized system (I live in New Zealand, we&#8217;re full socialized &#8211; and there aren&#8217;t enough resources that the medical professionals need ; hence I have private insurance, which means I pay tax and for medical insurance).</p>
<p>The other factor in socialized health (at least here) is not that old people won&#8217;t be treated, it is that they have long waiting lists until they are treated. I understand that the waiting in the US is much shorter for those with insurance. </p>
<p>Private insurance has been *much* faster to serve me when I needed it. I get the same quality of care, more comfortable surroundings, but treated pretty much straight away.  My sister had breast cancer and was treated and through surgery and a course of chemo in the same by the time some people she met had the first appointment with a public health specialist.</p>
<p>This is not intended as an indictment of the medical professionals &#8211; who provide equivalently excellent care in the two systems (public and private), since the same specialists work in both systems.  What I&#8217;m talking about is the management of constrained resources, and the impact that has on treatment timelines.</p>
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		<title>By: john spielman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should also mention that over 90% of Canadians like this system though we do have enormous financial pressures to keep the quality of care up  while trying  to  save taxpayer&#039;s money!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I should also mention that over 90% of Canadians like this system though we do have enormous financial pressures to keep the quality of care up  while trying  to  save taxpayer&#8217;s money!</p>
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		<title>By: darnellecheri</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[darnellecheri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It failed the entire social stratum from the unborn to the elderly.  I was an eyewitness to the tragedy there.  I am an American.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It failed the entire social stratum from the unborn to the elderly.  I was an eyewitness to the tragedy there.  I am an American.</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to surveys taken by the author of &quot;How to Win Friends and Influence People&quot; health is people&#039;s #1 concern.

This is a make or break issue for the Democrat Party.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to surveys taken by the author of &#8220;How to Win Friends and Influence People&#8221; health is people&#8217;s #1 concern.</p>
<p>This is a make or break issue for the Democrat Party.</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panther still has a point.  The failing socialist/communist (pick you flavor) system in its&#039; death throes probably failed the elderly first. Did it not?

Are you Romanian? Maybe you can tell us.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Panther still has a point.  The failing socialist/communist (pick you flavor) system in its&#8217; death throes probably failed the elderly first. Did it not?</p>
<p>Are you Romanian? Maybe you can tell us.</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soros is retiring at 82.  Would it not make him a useless eater?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soros is retiring at 82.  Would it not make him a useless eater?</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The complications of using a general anethestic with congestive heart failure is interesting. Laymen (myself included) often hear that a certain percentage of surgeries have bad outcomes. It is good to know to be able to categorize the reasons for bad outcomes instead of saying we don&#039;t know (idiomatic cause).  I think it is profitable for doctors and patients for society in general to know.  Less frivolous lawsuits and more people taking control and responsibility for their lives.

My grandparents all lived into their 90s. It does not seem too expensive to have provided them with care after they paid taxes all their working life. We are talking about hernia, breast cancer, cataracts, with no relapse. and maybe a heart attack (one of each).  The cost spread over 4 people for a lifetime just does not seem all that much.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The complications of using a general anethestic with congestive heart failure is interesting. Laymen (myself included) often hear that a certain percentage of surgeries have bad outcomes. It is good to know to be able to categorize the reasons for bad outcomes instead of saying we don&#8217;t know (idiomatic cause).  I think it is profitable for doctors and patients for society in general to know.  Less frivolous lawsuits and more people taking control and responsibility for their lives.</p>
<p>My grandparents all lived into their 90s. It does not seem too expensive to have provided them with care after they paid taxes all their working life. We are talking about hernia, breast cancer, cataracts, with no relapse. and maybe a heart attack (one of each).  The cost spread over 4 people for a lifetime just does not seem all that much.</p>
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		<title>By: john spielman</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/75-is-the-age-at-which-socialized-medicine-decides-you-die/comment-page-1/#comment-5354655</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[john spielman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[here in Canada (socialized medicine) I routinely electively operate on inguinal hernias at all ages even into their 90s.  It can be done under local anesthesia and we do it  to avoid strangulation of the hernia which may require a bowel resection and hence a general anesthetic. General anesthesia can be dangerous in the chronicalyl ill patient with congestive heart failure or severe chronic lung disease.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>here in Canada (socialized medicine) I routinely electively operate on inguinal hernias at all ages even into their 90s.  It can be done under local anesthesia and we do it  to avoid strangulation of the hernia which may require a bowel resection and hence a general anesthetic. General anesthesia can be dangerous in the chronicalyl ill patient with congestive heart failure or severe chronic lung disease.</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just can&#039;t see denying a $75 year old a hernia repair.  

The Left has spoken and indicted itself.

The repairs cost between $6,200 and $8,800?  The rich, upper middle class and middle class will be able to afford hernia repairs. The Obama phone lady will not.  the base of the Democrat party will declare this unfair. But it is their ranchers that made the mess.  Of course they will offer nay demand to clean up their own mess in order to gain more control.

http://newchoicehealth.com/Hernia%20Repair%20Surgery-Cost]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just can&#8217;t see denying a $75 year old a hernia repair.  </p>
<p>The Left has spoken and indicted itself.</p>
<p>The repairs cost between $6,200 and $8,800?  The rich, upper middle class and middle class will be able to afford hernia repairs. The Obama phone lady will not.  the base of the Democrat party will declare this unfair. But it is their ranchers that made the mess.  Of course they will offer nay demand to clean up their own mess in order to gain more control.</p>
<p><a href="http://newchoicehealth.com/Hernia%20Repair%20Surgery-Cost" rel="nofollow">http://newchoicehealth.com/Hernia%20Repair%20Surgery-Cost</a></p>
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