Brit doctors: don't treat people who make bad choices or get old

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Originally Posted by monster

It's no different from your insurance company dictating which procedures it will pay for, which doctors you can see.....

No different? Can we make that a bumper sticker?

Universal health care: no different from current insurance coverage

Actually I believe that only occasionally are there cases where people are flatly denied coverage by their insurer, and when they do, it's big news. Somebody died of it recently.