Here's a question

If, say, Blue Cross or United Health had been accused of paying doctors to be silent about the failures of their systems, what would the public response be?  I would guess that we would see a major action by the Department of Justice, definitely including civil lawsuits, and probably including a few criminal cases, no?   In addition, the media attention "lavished" upon these companies would make WWII coverage of Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini look positively tame in comparison.

Well, according to the UK Independent, that's exactly what the English National Health Service has done with no less than 170 doctors.   (h/T Northern Muckraker)  If you value your doctor's ability to honestly tell you what your medical problems might be, you will do well to reject socialiised medicine.  You'll work to overcome this year's health insurance deform act.

Unless, of course, you want your doctor bound to byzantine procedures which allow young women to die for lack of basic antibiotics, and you want that same doctor bound to silence when those byzantine procedures allow innocents to die.