Victoria, Australia - A migrant doctor and his family are being forced to leave Australia, and the Victorian town that desperately needs him, because his son has Down syndrome.
Dr Bernhard Moeller answered a call from the Federal Government and the Horsham community two years ago, and moved from Germany to become the town's only permanent specialist physician.
But the Department of Immigration and Citizenship this week rejected an application from Dr Moeller and his family for permanent residency because his 13-year-old son, Lukas, has Down syndrome and does not fit the bureaucracy's health criteria.
On advice from a government doctor, the department wrote to Dr Moeller saying his son had been assessed as a burden on Australian taxpayers and could not be granted permanent residency.
A copy of the decision said care for Lukas was "likely to result in significant costs to the Australian community in health care and community services". more on this story at herald sun.com.au
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Prepare to see more stories like this hitting the press over the coming months as government run, universal health care coverage looms as a very real possibility now in the U.S.
If you like the idea, great - but know there are significant downsides to it. If you do not like the concept of universal health care, be forewarned, it's eventually going to happen in some form or other. With a super-majority of Dems in congress, and an electorate that increasingly wants a universal-run program, there will be nothing really to stop it.
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It really is sad. They invite him and then do an about-face on him citing the increased burden on taxpayers. Funny thing is, it'll probably cost the taxpayers even more without him being there to care for them.
I remember reading somewhere that you're not allowed residency in New Zealand if you're too fat.
Shameful things happen when Government runs things.
This is the classic "cutting off your nose to spite your face". If the Australians end up paying more without the doctor than with him, they deserve everything they get.
WTF? Australia is like the US in many ways. How is this not total and undenyable descrimination?
He was invited, it's not like he just moved in and demanded permanant residency. He went there to fullfill a need and he held up his end of the bargain.
I'm sure the government there will change their mind because of sites like this that get the word out. But what about the people we don't hear about?
So lets see, when someone gets really sick, they have to fly that person to another city to get treated... or fly experts in or just let the person die.
Great way to save money.
I hate it when the government tries to run something
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