In a previous post, I commented about how Oregon’s government-run health system gives people advice on how to kill themselves. The statist system in the United Kingdom has a different approach, relying instead on people dying as they languish on waiting lists. But the bureaucrats across the pond are not a bunch of joyless robots. They managed to divert some of their budget to produce leaflets telling kids about the cardiovascular benefits of orgasms. The Telegraph reports on this innovative use of taxpayer funds:
NHS guidance is advising school pupils that they have a “right” to an enjoyable sex life and that regular sex can be good for their cardiovascular health. The advice appears in leaflets circulated to parents, teachers and youth workers and is meant to update sex education by telling students about the benefits of enjoyable sex. The authors of the guidance say that for too long, experts have concentrated on the need for “safe sex” and committed relationships while ignoring the principle reason that many people have sex. …The leaflet carries the slogan “an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away”. It also says: “Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes’ physical activity three times a week. What about sex or masturbation twice a week?”
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Thanks for posting, Dan.
If the Democrats (and some Republicans) in Congress park us into a taxpayer-funded government healthcare system, there will be all kinds of conflict between the public and the government on matters such as parental involvement in children’s lives. These long battles between the public and the government would involve the courts, politicians at all levels, fragmented professional associations, industry and the media. The result would be a costlier system in terms of money and time than the current healthcare system.
As someone who has worked with Americans of all ethnic and religious backgrounds for 12 years, I can tell you that this will be a disaster. No matter how large a following government-run healthcare may have, people don’t expect this and I am sure families won’t stand for it. This doesn’t mean that Americans of all stripes are especially puritanical in their beliefs. Rather, it means people are not accustomed to government intrusion of this degree. Unfortunately, they won’t believe it until they see it as a “consumer” of big government healthcare.