Hamish Meldrum, the chairman of the British Medical Association, said in a statement Wednesday that he has been dismayed by the "jaw-droppingly untruthful attacks" by some American critics.
One of the most surprising of these was the rumor -- given an airing by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) -- that Kennedy, 77, would not receive treatment for his brain tumor if he were in England because he is too old.
"That's just wrong," a British Health Department spokesman said. "The NHS in England provides health services on the basis of clinical need, irrespective of age or ability to pay."
Zack Cooper, a researcher in health policy at the London School of Economics, agreed that the Kennedy claim was "nonsense," ...
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