Comments on: Good news: Universal dental care teaching Brits the virtue of self-reliance

By: Always To The Right

Always To The Right — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:41:46 +0000

Get Ready For The Remedy…

When doctors go Galt
What happens when government regulation makes it more expensive to bill
for medical services than providers receive? More and more, providers opt out of those systems
like Medicare and Medicaid, and patients have to go out……

By: Doctors ‘Go Galt’ in government-run health care programs | Atlas for Congress

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:34:24 +0000

[...] The health systems in Canada and the UK have shortages of doctors, especially specialists like dentists, transplant surgeons, and the like, which is why it takes months to get testing and diagnosis even [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Glorious British health care system lets father know joy of delivering his own child

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:05:04 +0000

[...] about health and wellness is all to the good, no? Well, think how much you’ll gain by pulling your own teeth or pitching in when your baby is [...]

By: gekkobear

gekkobear — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:12:43 +0000

What, the Government takes over and the Quality goes down? Who could have seen this coming?

You guys are too harsh blaming the Socialists. Sure their ideas didn’t work, and in fact made problems worse in many cases; but they have really really good intentions.

And isn’t that enough to let them try again? I mean, sure they’ll fail, but they’ll mean well. Your other choice is some guy who doesn’t truly deeply care and “feel your pain”; but he can actually get stuff done in a way that help fix the problem… who’d want that.

I want really compassionate lawmakers, and if they continuously fail to reach any goals; well, that’s still better than a less concerned but intelligent person.

Also, my car hasn’t run in months, but my mechanic “really cares”; and my doctor is prescribing IV O2 which can’t be right… but hey, he’s really really nice.

By: driller

driller — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:00:35 +0000

We in the profession have seen this coming for years in England, and it will happen here in medicine as well as dentistry with nationalized health care. The reason is not what is talked about anywhere so far a I have heard. It used to be, the best and the brightest went into our professions. There were personal and financial rewards for spending 12 to 16 years in college and being $150,000+ dollars in debt when you finally opened you practice. Take those incentives away and the best and the brightest go into computer science,stock brokers,etc. Right now,because dentistry has avoided “managed care” for the most part, 20% of the applicants to dental school are MD’s who are leaving the profession. I don’t know about you, but when I look up from the operating table, I don’t want to see the guy who couldn’t get into plumbing school. It really is a matter of life and death!

By: Brit socialized dental care–giving out free pliars to every patient? « Full Metal Cynic

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:09:43 +0000

[...] Brit socialized dental care–giving out free pliars to every patient? Yes, Brits are pulling their own teeth as socialized dental care decays. “Falling numbers of state dentists in England has led to some people taking extreme measures, including extracting their own teeth, according to a new study released Monday.” Another link here. [...]

By: rockhauler

rockhauler — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:48:34 +0000

Why bother pulling teeth? Just take some aspirin, and after a while they fall out.

Or better yet, drink beer. The alcohol numbs the tooth, and kills the bacteria.

By: Aggie85

Aggie85 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:53:41 +0000

Allahpundit

Aren’t you glad to live in this great country when you had your wisdom teeth out recently????

By: MirCat

MirCat — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:13:25 +0000

Man, you could make a mint by having a black market teeth pulling service.

- The Cat

By: Weebork

Weebork — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:45:37 +0000

At least Allahpundit has been nice enough not to put up any more Tay Zonday videos. Those videos are the internet equivalent of going to the dentist.

If any new Tay Zonday videos spring up soon, you are free to blame me for reminding him.

By: SIJ6141

SIJ6141 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:37:49 +0000

What ? They cannot find enough dentists from the Islamic countries to immigrate ?

By: jdpaz

jdpaz — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:10:56 +0000

14 extractions on himself!!!!!

Brush your stinkin’ teeth, buddy!!!

By: NTWR

NTWR — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:00:50 +0000

Meh, who cares? Soon all the smiles will be covered by burqas or nasty facial hair in the UK anyway.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:46:02 +0000

Perfect answer for Randi Rhodes of Air America!

By: Iblis

Iblis — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:45:44 +0000

Wait, there are still people with teeth in Britian?When will the scourge of disfiguring gum enamel ever be defeated?

By: Brits pulling their own teeth, thanks to socialized medicine « Crush Liberalism

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:13:38 +0000

[...] on October 16th, 2007 And leftards want to bring this to America? No thanks! From Hot Air: Falling numbers of state dentists in England has led to some people taking extreme measures, [...]

By: The LLama Butchers

The LLama Butchers — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:07:37 +0000

Now it’s possible for the Fins to Suck on two continents…

Maybe the Dolphins have Ricky Williams back for their debut at Wembley. But unfortunately, given the current state of dentiture under the National Hillarycare Service, I don’t think there will be any interest in setting up a Shula’s Steak House……

By: OhEssYouCowboys

OhEssYouCowboys — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:06:37 +0000

Do I make you ‘orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrny?

By: thirteen28

thirteen28 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:53:20 +0000

A new brand of toothpaste might help.

By: Universal Dental Care Woking Wonders in Britain: Brits Extracting Their Own Teeth : The American Pundit

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:50:20 +0000

[...] H/t Hot Air. [...]

By: Pulchritudinous Patriot

Pulchritudinous Patriot — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:46:38 +0000

This is the future under Hillary Care, or any government run insurance system.

According to Ted Kennedy the gov’t can run SCHIPS properly. Funny thing is though, The Chappaquidic Kid was as vocal as the rest of them about Walter Reed and how the government (read,Bush) can’t run a government health care progrm for our veterans.

In my neck of the woods this is called talking out of your ass.

By: Bad Candy

Bad Candy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:37:52 +0000

Allah, you need the obligatory Little Shop of Horror clips...or a Big Book of British Smiles reference at least.

By: drjohn

drjohn — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:35:08 +0000

There are fewer state dentists because it’s about impossible to make a living as a state dentist.

And because it is free, the service is not valued and people tend not to be affected by the fallout of poor oral home care.

One tends to take better care of something that is properly valued.

By: spec_ops_mateo

spec_ops_mateo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:33:51 +0000

This story made me smile.

By: MadisonConservative

MadisonConservative — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:28:08 +0000

You know, I go to probably one of the best dentists there is. They cater to kids but welcome all people who are total wusses about going to the dentist, and their skills are top-notch. Regardless, I still dread going to the dentist.

If this is what HillaryCare is going to bring us, I’m getting dentures right *%^$ing now, and be done with teeth!