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Yes, I remember some right wing US rag saying the following in 2009: People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the Nat
by isostatic 9y ago
Yes, I remember some right wing US rag saying the following in 2009:
People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.
Forgive me while I laugh uncontrollably
- ceejayoz 9y agoYup. Investor's Business Daily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor%27s_Business_Daily#Errors_and_retractions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor%27s_Business_Daily#Er... > In July 2009, an editorial in Investor's Business Daily claimed that physicist Stephen Hawking "wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the [British] National Health Service (NHS) would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless." Hawking has always lived in the United Kingdom and receives his medical care from the NHS.