Healthcare Reformer Gifts

"You may believe you've been overcharged, but, remember, you're overmedicated."

'My insurance won't pay for an MRI!'

Performance management

"Are there several doctors in the house, so we can have a little managed competition?"

Health care: 'Sorry, this facility is not acessible to the financially handicapped.'

Sacking a unprofitable patient

"I'm afraid we don't have anyone to help you at the moment, but once our advertising and recruitment programme is finished we should have someone to see you in 8 years or so..."

"I wish lack of access to health care was our problem."

Why didn't WE think of this...MUCH to BUSY (central database for prescribing)

Looking for the cause of high health care costs. . .

"I try to first do no harm but there's no money in it."

Doctors Discussion

NHS Suicide Counselling

'Now it's just a case of filling in the blanks.'

'You're suffering from nurses' pay.'

'I'm sinking fast? How long do I have doc...?'

Congressional Delegations Line Up

'Two-tier NHS.'

'Make people buy health insurance?! Now you're going too far.'

"...And since the cure is worse than the disease, we can make more money by developing a cure for that!"

McNHS

"Ah-ha! We found the problem!"

St Botolph's health trust: There is no A&E at this hospital.

"It's the new practice policy on how we persecute whistleblowers."

'This is the only way I can afford health care.'

'So far the worse side effect has been the high price.'

'Have you been trying to decontaminate the Tory brand?'

A 21st Century Oliver Twist

'We see eye-to-eye on this...'

Jesus Christ, Health Insurance CEO. . . 'Them's the Lumps pal!'

Popularity of Obama.

'No I am NOT a locum and I do not want to lend you £200 for a sure bet in the 3:30 at Derby.'

'Make a patriotic decision. Do you want your son to live in a public health insurance tyranny or do you want to let him die as a free American who doesn't have the money to pay for medical treatment?'

"The only psychological treatment covered by your insurance is to cry into this teddy bear."

NHS