[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2862-2863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           BRITISH MAN DIES OF THIRST IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the United States broke away from 
our mother country over 200 years ago. The decision to throw off our 
royal rulers looks even better today.
  England has government-run health care, and it's dangerous to one's 
health.
  Recently, the London Daily Mail reported the story of Kane Gorny:
  Kane was a 22-year-old man who had hip replacement surgery under 
England's government-run health care system. Afterwards, reports say he 
was neglected by hospital staff. He was not even given his medications. 
Kane was immobile. He couldn't even get a drink of water on his own. So 
Kane called the police and begged them to bring him

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some water. When the police showed up, they were turned away by 
hospital staff, who said Kane was a problem patient.
  The next day, Kane died of thirst in that government-run hospital in 
London. The police are investigating.
  Madam Speaker, importing government-run health care into America 
would be unhealthy for everybody. Just ask the family of Kane Gorny, 
who died of dehydration in that British-run hospital.
  And that's just the way it is.

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