It's A Red Herring

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Reuters News Service just released the story that reads...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was undergoing surgery on Thursday to treat an often-debilitating back condition caused by pressure on the nerves in the lower spine, his office said. "Former Vice President Cheney went to The George Washington University Hospital this morning for elective surgery to deal with lumbar spinal stenosis," his office said in a statement.

Lumbar spinal stenosis is caused by compression of nerves in the lower back, most often producing pain or numbness, tingling and weakness in the legs and buttocks. Cheney, 68, served under former President George W. Bush from 2001 until January this year. He has a history of health problems, including several heart attacks.


There are several elements to this story that are worth observing. Cheney is going to be using his really, really bad for us, but really, really good for him socialized medicine, government run health insurance plan to cover this elective procedure. Then there's the part of the story that describes the condition he's having treated. This may be just a red herring. After all the time Dick Cheney spent cowering in his hidey holes during the past eight years, called "undisclosed locations", I have serious reservations about him actually having a spine.
 
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Reuters News Service just released the story that reads...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was undergoing surgery on Thursday to treat an often-debilitating back condition caused by pressure on the nerves in the lower spine, his office said. "Former Vice President Cheney went to The George Washington University Hospital this morning for elective surgery to deal with lumbar spinal stenosis," his office said in a statement.

Lumbar spinal stenosis is caused by compression of nerves in the lower back, most often producing pain or numbness, tingling and weakness in the legs and buttocks. Cheney, 68, served under former President George W. Bush from 2001 until January this year. He has a history of health problems, including several heart attacks.


There are several elements to this story that are worth observing. Cheney is going to be using his really, really bad for us, but really, really good for him socialized medicine, government run health insurance plan to cover this elective procedure. Then there's the part of the story that describes the condition he's having treated. This may be just a red herring. After all the time Dick Cheney spent cowering in his hidey holes during the past eight years, called "undisclosed locations", I have serious reservations about him actually having a spine.

If he had socialized medicine the treatment would be given to him NOT as part of his salary. But I would be willing to bet that his insurance plan was part of his salary.

If it were socialized medicine then the money to pay for it would not come from his employer but directly from taxpayers. The fact that his employer gets its revenue from taxpayers does not automatically make it socialist.

My father had stenosis of the back. At first it was uncomfortable. Later, and it always progresses, it was needed as he could not walk without great pain.

Now he has two pins in his back and it is far from perfect. Anyone who could avoid such surgery and could would.

Elective surgery is that which is not required as an emergency. That does not mean that it falls into the same category as say, breast implants. Cataract surgery to see is elective but it fixes a legitimate problem. Cancer surgery could be elective too.
 
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