Stephen Hawking would not have been left to die by the NHS

Gosh, I'm not half enjoying all the horror stories American Conservatives are using to try to sabotage President Obama's plans for universal healthcare. I particularly like the one about the Death Committee (do they mean NICE?) which sits to decide whether or not our elderly are to get life-saving treatment. But I fear the one about Stephen Hawking was pushing it a bit.

Don't get me wrong. I think the Land of Freedom needs NHS-style universal healthcare like it needs an Ebola pandemic or Al Gore.