Political Quotes

“I agree absolutely with my colleague because that is exactly what is happening in the British health care system. It is delayed care, and delayed care, to me, equals denied care. This has been such a major topic for discussion among the people in Britain that it was brought up in the recent debate for the prime ministership in the election, in the first televised debate ever. One of the questions that was asked of then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown was what about the National Health Service; people have to wait too long. Here is the quote. We have a transcript because I read about this in the local papers and got the transcript. He talked about people with cancer. Now, this is very important to me, Mr. President, because my wife Bobbi is a breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed in her forties as a result of a screening mammogram. So we spend a lot of time thinking about, talking about cancer, as do many families in this country. Well, this is what he said about people who have cancer. This is Gordon Brown answering the question, what about the National Health Service and the long delayed time before treatment. He said, ``They will also be able to know that their operation will be in 18 weeks.'' Mr. President, 18 weeks, if you are a cancer patient in need of an operation--18 weeks for your cancer operation. That is what the Prime Minister of England is promising the people as an aspirational goal. It makes you wonder how long is the delay right now.…”