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"There will be a bit of a wait while we figure out a market solution to your problem."

"It's a major breakthrough. But we're still years away from being able to justify the outrageous cost per pill."

'More budget cuts. One gown per room. Who wants to wear it first?'

'This is the discharge nurse, she'll be able to tell you about all the services you aren't able to get any more when you leave.'

"I'm afraid we couldn't stop the billing."

Focussing on what's REALLY important

Skills and experience being dragged down by bureaucracy and protocols.

"He was doing well at first, but then he started drifting in and out of health coverage."

NHS Queue.

'No cuts in Medicare!'

'This is an 'old person', or if you want to use the more technical term, a 'bedblocker'.'

He was injured at a debate on healthcare reform.

"The government does not want to hide behind statistics, but..."

"Your disease is curable, but one side effect of this drug is poverty."

'You have an 85% chance of surviving this and 20% chance of wishing you hadn't.'

Rural Health Care.

"The government will continue to provide the full range of NHS services to ANYONE who needs them WHENEVER they need them!"

NHS recruitment.

'In the event of the end of medicare, which country has an intact health care system?'

'HELP! I'm in a hospital!'

"I'm afraid we've had to move him to expensive care."

'Our patients come here to die with dignity.'

'Sorry - no budget for anaesthetic.'

'Try and stay alive until the government have finished their consultation process.'

'Coverage for pre-existing conditions? No lifetime caps?. . .Are you sure we haven't died and gone to heaven?'

'Give it to me straight, doc. If I outlive medicare, will I have to flee Canada?'

Health care debate.

'You're in luck, Mr. Dumpty. Falling off walls is a pre-existing condition now covered under the affordable care act.'

Politicians are 100% behind doctors

"I'm afraid minister that the consensus is that we might need even more than the novelty T-shirts and complementary key rings to sort the GP recruitment crisis."

Politicians are 100% behind doctors

'If you have ANY concerns about your treatment and want something done about it you need to video the problem on your phone and send it to the BBC's 'Watchdog'.'

'I'm afraid we can't PAY you but would you accept endless meaningless platitudes about your valuable contribution to the decision making process instead?'

"It's about time the price of generic drugs went down! Oh, and give me fifty quick picks."

Hospital services: Uninsured Care.