{"id":6032,"date":"2008-11-11T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T06:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/german-doctor-denied-permanent.html"},"modified":"2008-11-11T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T06:51:00","slug":"german-doctor-denied-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/german-doctor-denied-permanent.html","title":{"rendered":"German doctor denied permanent residency in Australia because his son has Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is what happens when the government controls the health care of the nation<\/a>. Not only do they treat special needs children as a burden on society and as second class citizens but they make mind blowingly dumb decisions like denying permanent residence to the “only specialist physician” in one of their small towns:<\/p>\n

THE Rudd Government is under pressure from all fronts, even Labor colleagues, to overturn a decision denying German doctor Bernhard Moeller permanent residency in Australia because his son Lukas has Down syndrome.
\nThe Immigration Department this week rejected Dr Moeller’s application for permanent residency, saying the potential cost to the taxpayer of 13-year-old Lukas’s condition was too great.
\nPoliticians, disability groups and the small Victorian town of Horsham, where Dr Moeller is the only specialist physician, were outraged by the decision and have called on Immigration Minister Chris Evans to intervene on the family’s behalf.
\n[…]
\nHealth Minister Nicola Roxon said she would discuss the case with Senator Evans, citing the difficulty in attracting quality medical professionals to the regions<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is the number one problem with nationalizing health care. If America were to nationalize our health care, that would make the world wide doctor shortage even worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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