From, where else, one of those countries that those who love socialized/nationalized medicine and healthcare think is supa-wonderful: WOMEN MAY GO BLIND BECAUSE SHE LIVES IN WRONG AREA
Lesley Fletcher, 55, has been prescribed a vital drug by her consultant but her local NHS Trust has refused to pay for it – despite the drug being routinely prescribed elsewhere in the UK.
Ms Fletcher will travel to WestÂminster today to speak before an all-party Parliamentary group on visual health about the shameful way people in some areas are left without treatment.
The catering assistant, who works for the NHS at Airedale General Hospital in Keighley, West Yorkshire, said her “whole world fell apart†when she was told that North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust would not fund the treatment.
Why?
Ms Fletcher was told by her consultant that although her home address is in West Yorkshire she actually came under the jurisdiction of North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust. Had she lived just two miles further into West Yorkshire it is likely she would have received funding for her treatment.
Coming to a zip code near you.
But, hey, it’s not as if doctors are continuing to opt out of government run insurance programs in the U.S. or anything.
