I agree - my folks were overseas for a year and the NHS saw my old man thru 2 big problems just fine.
I think the US system is great...if you happen to be rich. Nobody in the US knows how the NHS or any other European system works: They always bleat: "But I don't want the Government telling me which doctor to see." I always point out that that's not true anywhere there is socialized medicine; there is a thriving health insurance industry in the EU, and no policeman will arrest you for walking into Dr. Jone's office, seeing him and then paying the bill. Just like you can do here. The right has brain-washed to US to believe they'll forced into health collectives and shot if they leave. Where I live we have socialized trash pick up, for heaven's sake. But not to worry, we're catching up to the UK fast when it comes to video spying... -Mike malcolm maclure wrote: >Hi Mike, & all. > >Glad your experience was Ok. I'm in the UK & a few years ago my dad had a >nasty stroke, he waited on an ambulance trolley in A&E for 7 hrs for a bed >in a ward, & he devoted his working life to the NHS as a brilliant >ophthalmologist! > >I do have to say that sometimes our NHS may not be perfect all the time, but >we are damn lucky to have it. I've used A&E a good few times & I'm glad it's >there - I can't imagine living with the US system, it seems so elitist. The >US spends trillions of $'s warmongering & yet it can't provide healthcare >for all, a basic human right it purports to promote. No offence to you at >all Mike, but I'm glad I'm British (& there are a lot of things British that >I'm not proud of) I wouldn't like the way the US behaves in the world on our >collective conscience. > >Best regards > >Malcolm > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Weaver >Sent: 16 August 2007 15:05 >To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >Subject: [Biofuel] Bloody outrage > >My Encounter with [Insert Scary Music] ... Socialized Medicine! > > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
