Defender Central

[pvkd]

As a UK citizen who has experienced both systems I can safely say I'd take the nationalised health care any day of the week. I have two siblings who have had cause to make good use of the system - one with nerve damage from a car crash and the other with a degenerative nerve issue affecting their throat. Both have received excellent care that would have bankcrupted me under the US system. My grandmother received care that while not extravagent, alllowed her to live a comfortable life up till her 100th year. Not all doctors in the world do it just for the money - some people actually choose the career based onthe idea that it is a noble calling. Understand that in our country you always have the option of buying private health care should you desire it.

I never trust the US system where the doctors are essentially bribed by the drug companies to prescribe their product or test whether you need it or not. Since when did an insurance agent become the expert on the limit of the care I should receive? Nationalized health care is not free as you pay for it with taxes. I do, however, regard it as value for money compared to the services I receive here.

Ok rant off.

Greenmeanie,

As another British Subject I also with experience of both systems I agree.

[JSBriggs]

Dude.

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ps: Doctor Seuss was a communist

Speaking of the enviroment, 'A Thneed's a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!'

-Jeff

[Les Parker]

Hmm. I too have had the experiences of both formats, my only postive on the west side of the Atlantic, is the ease of getting prompt attention and being able to choose the specialist I see. The quality of care, the ease of throwing me some pills (as they cure ALL ailments, dont they?) is wanting in both zones.
Stay healthy !!! Not needing anyone's assistance is, I believe, the safest way.

[sayers]

How did dreaming of defenders turn into a healthcare issue ?

[JSBriggs]

How did dreaming of defenders turn into a healthcare issue ?

see post #9, that is the tangent point.

-Jeff

[jp-]

I'm willing to make a concession. National healthcare could work if a lot of pre-conditions are met, and if the system is properly managed.

However...

I hope that most of us on here are smart enough to realize that our current government can't/won't do either of those two things. Which therefore means we should be against it. Couple this with the fact that NH will open the door for more socialist programs that some so-called "do-gooder," or self-proclaimed, "savior, fuhrer", etc... will try to ram down our throats and it begins to look more and more like a really bad idea.