A con, the Hussy and 50 shades of ...

29 November 2012

The National Insurance scheme was once described as being the biggest con perpetrated on the British population.  How could ever provide the cradle to grave health care that was promised with the low payment that the scheme was set up with?  Well, whoever made that claim was pretty much on target with it.  If prices and so on remained the same over the years there would still be no way the scheme could work properly.  Various hospitals and health trust are doing a lot of unpleasant things in an attempt to cut down their costs.  The front page of the Maily Dail carries one such cost cutting measure.  Now there are hospitals who are withholding nourishment and water to badly disabled babies, thereby saving money but condemning them to a long and unpleasant death.  In addition they are discharging terminally ill children to hospices and to home so they can die there.  But is it really all down to cost though?  I'm not so sure.   

There's a new standard whereby death rates in hospitals are recorded and they are required to meet a target of lower death rates. It seems these hospitals are working towards meeting those targets no matter what it does to the patients or their families.

Another large cost is that posed by an aging population.  Today's Express banners that claims that elderly people will have to pay for their care fees and the cost could be £75,000.  The promise of the National Insurance was that we would be taken care of when we needed care without having to pay.  It's not working is it?  That is why the claim of the NI stamp was such con could well be correct.

Today's photo then ... 

is of the Hussy Hospital looking towards the Maternity block.

The Sage has sent be a bang-up-to-date funny for today ...

Four guys have been going to the same fishing trip for many years.  Two days before the group is to leave, Ron's wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn't going.  Ron's mates are very upset that he can't go, but what can they do.
Two days later the three mates get to the camping site only to find Ron sitting there with a tent set up, firewood gathered, and dinner cooking on the fire.
"Shit Ron, how long you been here?  How did you talk your missus into letting you go ?"

"Well, I've been here since last night. After dinner at home yesterday evening, I was sitting in my chair and my wife came up behind me and put her hands over my eyes and said, 'Guess who ?'"
I pulled her hands off, and she was wearing sexy brand new lingerie.   She said she had been reading 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and she had a devilish look in her eyes!!!
She took my hand and led me to our bedroom. The room had candles and rose petals all over.
On the bed she had handcuffs, and ropes !
She told me to tie her up and cuff her to the bed, so I did.

And then she said, "Do whatever you want."