Isabel Brown
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8 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 4 Jun
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And he had very severe debilitating disabilities when he was born and was being kept alive on a ventilator in the hospital.
And ultimately, the NHS just decided they didn't want to pay for it anymore.
They didn't want to keep him alive, even though there were treatments out there.
It was too expensive.
There were treatments out there that could have kept this baby alive.
And his parents were desperately begging the UK government, please let our baby survive.
Please let our baby survive.
The government of Italy eventually ended up trying to get involved.
And Giorgio Maloney pleaded with the UK government.
We will take him.
We will put him at the Children's Hospital here in Rome attached to the Vatican.
And they were never able to do that because the NHS, the government, ultimately decided this is a financial liability for us.
So we're pulling the plug.
What'd they do in the meantime?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
You can choose to pay for private healthcare in the UK as well, but it's exorbitantly expensive.
So most people don't.
This is generally my problem with the idea of socialized systems, period, because it sounds good in theory that everyone has access to everything and everybody has the equal access to the same stuff.
But ultimately what that always ends up shaking out to be is not raising the floor to be a higher floor for everyone.
It's dropping the ceiling down to make sure that no one can break through that ceiling.
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