tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497746.post8620406396430643888..comments2023-10-21T09:03:16.283-04:00Comments on Life, What the hell is going on?: Just f**king fix it.Pauliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01709405037488442948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497746.post-40861371118584680962008-11-08T10:25:00.000-05:002008-11-08T10:25:00.000-05:00I had this conversation with my brother a few week...I had this conversation with my brother a few weeks back.<BR/><BR/>When I said that I'm ready to try socialized medicine, he got really pissed, but when I mentioned that we've talked about fixing health care for 20 years and nothing's happened, he didn't have much to say.Evan 08https://www.blogger.com/profile/07919258493296673112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497746.post-35998835442200317052008-11-08T10:19:00.000-05:002008-11-08T10:19:00.000-05:00I spent my entire life in England before moving to...I spent my entire life in England before moving to the US and the thing that sucks the most here in the US is the healthcare. Since I arrived I have been suffering with what I hope is only anxiety/mild depression but since I didn't have insurance, i couldn't go to a doctor and find out. Now that I have filled all my paperwork out and I HAVE insurance, I find that because I have been suffering with this since BEFORE I signed for the insurance, they still wont cover it.<BR/><BR/>In England if I felt i'll, I went to the doctor. Plain and simple. Since i'm a bit of a hypochondriac too, i went regularly.<BR/><BR/>I honeslty think that if i was ever to get seriously ill, it would be cheaper for Toby and I to emigrate back to England as I would immediately be re-eligible for NHS healthcare, and as my husband - so would he!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373345146212060298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497746.post-56955475282191377882008-11-08T02:51:00.000-05:002008-11-08T02:51:00.000-05:00I agree... as somebody who lived in US and UK.You ...I agree... as somebody who lived in US and UK.<BR/><BR/>You pay for both..either by premium or by taxes.<BR/><BR/>But in the UK, you don't have to worry how much your deductible is or you copayment or how much an ambulance is going to cost because in the US, you THEN have to pay all of those as well as the premium.<BR/><BR/>You won't be denied a service or your credit ruined with medical debt because your carried has to have pre-approval for a test you need to see if you are dying.<BR/><BR/>You don't have to worry in your retirement that you are going to go bankrupt or have your credit ruined because you get sick.<BR/><BR/>One "right" Americans are forgetting is that everybody should have the right to be well.<BR/><BR/>And in the UK.. you have things like services for the disabled (they put hand rails in the bathroom and up the stairs free of charge for my husband with MS) and home visits for mothers. Yes, after birth, you get to stay home instead of loading up and going to the doctor. It's not a perfect system but it's working.<BR/><BR/>There's my rant.<BR/><BR/>~WAHSWoman atop her Soapboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525824805398920948noreply@blogger.com