After Using His Son to Beg for Socialized Medicine, Jimmy Kimmel Silent as It Kills Baby Alfie

By Matt Agorist

 A 23-month-old baby boy has died after he was held hostage by the  British government against the wishes of his parents who may have been  able to save his life. The denial of medical care to baby Alfie—which  was being offered to him for free  by doctors in Italy—happened, not out of some vile conspiracy to harm a  child, but as a function of the British healthcare system. 

“My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings at 02:30. I  love you my guy,” Tom Evans, Alfie’s father wrote on his Facebook page  Saturday.

 “Our baby boy grew his wings tonight at 2:30 am,” his mother Kate  wrote. “We are heart broken. Thank you everyone for all your support.” Alfie’s life began as a struggle and the toddler had been in a  hospital since December of 2016 because of a rare degenerative  neurological disorder. 

This year, the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, run  by bureaucrats who are apparently more interested in saving money than  saving lives, decided that Alfie’s life was no longer worth saving. The Vatican hospital in Rome offered free medical care, with  experimental treatments that are not offered in the UK, which could’ve  saved Alfie’s life, and came at no expense to the UK government.  However, the bureaucrats ruled that “all medical experts agreed that further treatment was futile and that it would be against Alfie’s best interests to travel to Italy.” 

Alfie’s father had been attempting to appeal these rulings so the  family could seek this treatment. But despite the fact that this would  have come at no cost to the UK government or the hospital, they forced  the family to stay in the UK.   

Alfie was denied food by his “caregivers” at the hospital and his  life came to a tragic and potentially preventable end this week as he  was starved to death by the state. And, in spite of multiple protests  from governments and political figures from around the world—including  the Pope—no one will be held accountable because Alfie’s death was a function of the state.   

“When we give the government the power to make medical decisions for  us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies,” former  Congressman Ron Paul once said. 

In their decision to refuse the parents  the opportunity to treat their child as they wished, the British  government made its point that it owns the bodies of its citizens. But Alfie was sick and was going to die anyway, many people will  claim. However, it should have been up to his parents—not the  government—to decide Alfie’s fate. Had Alfie been able to leave, as the case of Ashya King illustrates,  he may be alive today.

 King, whose cancerous brain tumor earned him a  similar death sentence, fled the U.K. with his parents and sought treatment, ultimately in the Czech Republic. Today, he’s cancer free. 

Unfortunately, this system that effectively sentenced a baby to die  is championed by many who claim that government should be in charge of  medicine. For example, talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotional  monologue last year about his new son, who was born with severe heart  defects requiring emergency surgery. At the end of it, he urged  Americans to support the Affordable Care Act. 

This speech was picked up  by media everywhere and repeatedly covered to push for the ACA. Kimmel claimed that before 2014, “if you were born with congenital  heart disease like my son was, there was a good chance you’d never be  able to get health insurance because you had a pre-existing condition.  You were born with a pre-existing condition and if your parents didn’t  have medical insurance, you might not live long enough to even get  denied because of a pre-existing condition.” 

However, this is false. If parents have health insurance, their child  would be covered. Also, the term “pre-existing condition” is used to  describe uninsured chronically ill people who apply for insurance  coverage, not for a child in need of immediate care like Kimmel’s son.  

What’s more, hospitals in the United States are legally obligated to  provide emergency care to all patients—regardless of insurance status. Kimmel then wrapped up his monologue stating, 

“If your baby is going  to die and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you  make.” 

Indeed, it should not matter, but it also should not matter what the  state tells you to do in regards to saving your baby’s life. And, the  very system Kimmel proposed that night as he shilled for the ACA—which  is a direct giveaway to big insurance companies (but another topic  altogether)—is what forced a baby to die, even though he didn’t have to. 

Where is Jimmy Kimmel now? America’s health system is far from perfect. But for now, at least,  babies are allowed to receive any treatment their parents wish, up to  and including being able to leave the country and receive free care from  the Vatican. 

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