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« on: September 04, 2009, 03:25:00 PM »
Didn't have time to read all the posts but I can share my experiences while living in the UK for 4 years in 1986 to 1990. It was excellent and free, no complaints.
Our taxes are about the same.
My recent experiences with heathcare here in the good ole beloved US of A are: getting rush through a yearly physical exam in about 12 minutes so the provider could get as many done in an hour as possible to imrove profits. Having all my ailments basically ignored.
Having my pharmecutical medications dropped because the insurance didn't want to pay for them anymore.
1 round of blood tests a month for 4 months totaling $13,000 (yes that is right, thousands), of which I had to pay 20 percent. I finally told the arthritus doctor I couldn't pay for those monthly blood tests so he told me he couldn't keep me on the arthritus medicine so now I live in alot of pain.
I spent 5 hours on a gurnee in an emergency room with several other people, with 2 iv's and a few xrays and got a bill for $8,000. That was my portion. I was sent home after a few shoulder shrugs by the ER doctors because they had no idea why I lost consciousness 3 times that day (no I hadn't been drinking).
I am insured and considered to be lucky to be insured. God help those who have no insurance.
I would gladly move back to the UK if I could. I was once very patriotic, but I really don't care to live in this country anymore.
BTW. In case you haven't figured it out yet, big corporations = big governement.