Britain's national health care system is broken. Duh.What is truly pitiful, however, is the idea that the bureaucrats think that by tweaking things here and there that they can fix it. This piece in the Telegraph shows why that's akin to The Impossible Dream:Some of the most common operations - including hip replacements and cataract surgery - will be rationed as part of attempts to save billions of pounds, despite government promises that front-line services would be protected.Patients' groups have described the measures as "astonishingly brutal". An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has uncovered widespread cuts planned across the NHS, many of which have already been agreed by senior health service officials. They include:* Restrictions on some of the most basic and common operations, including hip and knee replacements, cataract surgery and orthodontic procedures.* Plans to cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from budgets for the terminally ill, with dying cancer...(Read Full Post)