Baby Alfie

Baby Alfie's plight highlights the worst to be found in the practice of socialized medicine.  At some point, bureaucracy arbitrarily gets to decide “who lives and who dies.”  In this scenario Life becomes little more than a number, an expenditure that must be justified against the monetary benefit to greater whole.  This is most assuredly humanity at its worst.  When the killing of the innocent can be justified as a necessity to ensure the preservation of the greater whole we have truly lost our not only our way, but our HOPE.  I cannot even begin to fathom how Great Britain can deny the parents of Baby Alfie the right to remove their son from the hospital by way of pre-arranged (and already paid for by others) transport in order to move him to another country, Italy, where medical care has been arranged.  What a sad day for the country of Great Britain?  Such a system with a profound lack of respect for LIFE --and the right of devoted parents to make decisions concerning their beloved child's health-- will surely fail.  Maybe it won't fail today, but it will soon and it will fail in a BIG way.

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People in the United States need to take heed.  This is road the progressive Left would lead you down, if you do not remain vigilant in your pursuit to hold government accountable to “We the People.”  The end-goal of "Obamacare" was in point of fact "single payer" healthcare which IS socialized medicine.

A dear friend of mine lost both his parents -- Carol and George, both of whom had a special place in my heart-- in the United Kingdom, both to cancer while they waited on long lists for treatment that never came in time to have any meaningful impact.  Looking at healthcare systems around the globe, I think Japan comes about the closest to getting it right.  The United States could take a lesson or two from Japan, in my humble opinion.

4/25/2018 That I have been earnestly praying for Baby Alfie, sending positive healing energy and thoughts his way goes without saying.  May God's healing mercy touch you and those who love you, Alfie.  Lastest news:  Alfie Evans is a living miracle and he clearly wants to live.  Speaking to Sky News, Roger Kiska, solicitor for Christian Legal Centre, said  "Now he’s survived and he’s proved to be resilient, I would say he’s a living miracle.... And given that he can survive the trip to Italy, which is really two and a half hours away, there will be surgeons on board, ventilation, everything he needs.  He should be allowed to pursue that.” There are indeed forces at work within the universe beyond man's limited ability to comprehend, despite all of our medical and technological advances.
4/29/2018 Alfie Evans was not permitted by the British courts to removed from the hospital.  The toddler died at 2:30 a.m. on April 29, 2018.  Supporters of the family released balloons outside the hospital in loving memory of Alfie.  Read more on this story and potential legal aftermath (hope for change) here.

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