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Originally Posted by kkingston57
Had the same ?. Only alternative I could think of was a single payer system, which is used by 99% of the developed world.
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Would you like to hear about my personal experience with "single payer" in London?
I sat with an employee all night, writhing and moaning, on a gurney in a ward with about 50 other people writhing and moaning in their little 8x8 cloth cubicals -- while my staff back home tried to raise someone in the middle of the night to get her transferred from the public NHS hospital to the private hospital across the street that the Queen uses.
During all that time, she never did see a doctor. When we finally got her transferred, we learned that she had a ruptured tubal pregnancy and peritonitis. She nearly died, and it was three weeks before she was well enough to travel. She lost the ability to have any future children.
When it comes to "free stuff" from your gooberment, be very, very careful what you wish for -- particularly "free heathcare". They're just liable to give it to you. You won't like it.