August 20, 2007

Helena, Montana---A 35-year-old Canadian woman has given birth to rare identical quadruplets... at a Great Falls [Montana] hospital....---Associated Press, August 16.

Well, now, a hearty Mazel Tov to J.P. and Karen Jepp of Calgary, where the "hospitals were at capacity." Imagine that: The single-payer Canadian medical care system so beloved by the likes of the ineffable Krugman and various politicos inside the Beltway---always determined to demonstrate their compassion by spending other people's money---couldn't handle the surge. And so for Canadian patients in need of medical care, it is the Great Satan that provides the safety valve. I'm surprised that Michael Moore didn't cut his workout short so as to fly the Jepps to Havana on his private jet. What is not surprising is that a government system driven by interest group demands rather than the needs of patients was found to be---what's the courteous phrase here?---a little short that day. And the day before and the day after and the day after that ad infinitum. "Coverage" is not health care and government coverage inexorably becomes a death sentence for some as rationing becomes the fallback position in light of the eternal truth that resources are limited always and everywhere. That is the reality into which the Jepp babies were born, and as they will be a blessing for their family for many, many years, may we Americans not find ourselves blessed with the compassion of the bureaucracy.

Posted by Benjamin Zycher at August 20, 2007 02:27 PM

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