graham turnbull

I came across a press clipping a fews days ago:

“People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.”

Some rube from the backwoods? No, in fact an editorial in the US Investors Business Daily. All of this is to back up the prevailing right wing view that US healthcare reform is a bad thing and would make the US like the heartless UK who have “Death Panels” to make bad health decisions.

Apparently, US right wing commentators have given up checking any facts in the pursuit of the argument. As we know, Stephen Hawking is British and gets his health care here.