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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Stephen Hawking
	Date:	8/13/2009 9:15:17 PM

By the way it was the Investor's Business Daily. They note in a follow up piece that they accept Mr. Hawking's word that he is well cared for by NHS. "We accept this testimony and good fortune. We will note, however, that in talking about his disability on his own Web site, Hawking makes no mention of NHS and instead says that since 1985, when he had a tracheotomy, he has had "24-hour nursing care ... made possible by several foundations."

So even Mr. Hawking in his own words admits that he needs 24-hour care not provided by NHS but by private foundations. Were your average UK citizen be so lucky. British women breast cancer mortality rate is twice that of the U.S. UK heart attack fatality rate is 20% higher than the U.S. UK citizens wait twice as long as U.S. citizens to see a specialist, have elective surgery or get cancer treatments, some wait as long as a year. The mortality rate for men with colorectal cancer is 40% higher than in the U.S. As quoted by a member of Parliment, "We have 1.4 million people employed by the National Health Service. It is the third biggest employer in the world after the red army in China and the Indian National Railways. Most of those 1.4 million people are administrators, (and) managers outnumber the doctors and nurses."

But Stephen Hawking, with his private foundation money is well cared for.........and you want this for the U.S.? Only the super rich and members of Congress will have decent health care and the rest of the sheep will be sheared by some unaccountable government employee. Archie, do a little more research before cherry picking about the brilliant Mr. Hawking.....and he is brilliant because he figured out he needed to get private foundations to pay for care that NHS would not give him.....were your average Brit to be so lucky. Instead they are paying for what care NHS gives Mr. Hawking and the rest he gets from his wealthy admirers.

Its always fun to devastate a flawed point like this one.......