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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
If someone develops a long term illness, yes, I'll grant you, it can be financially draining. But there is help from a variety of sources, both public and private. I have lived in the U.S. for decades. I am not wealthy. But I have always managed to provide for my own medical care. Now how can that be possible if things are as rotten as most of you seem to think they are? One thing I can say about the U.S. healthcare system....it's very inventive and dynamic and finds many, many ways to provide services at prices people can afford. Trust me on this.
Strange thing about people in the U.K. So often they complain about the NHS - yet rush to defend it if someone else points out the obvious. My dealings with the NHS in recent years have not been all that hot. Trying to get appropriate care for my aged parents, (who resided in Padiham - now deceased). It isn't that you don't have some good professionals in the field - but they are so often overwhelmed by the circumstances under which they are forced to toil. Canadians, who also have a NHS, (and where private care is illegal), come across our northern borders by the thousands. Apparently, they would rather pay for care in the U.S. than endure the waiting lists under their own government scheme. So, at the end of the day, I guess no system is perfect, is it?
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Like I said earlier I'm glad you are healthy and well, and happy with your system in the States.
All health insurance companies are businesses, and their ultimate aim is to make as much profit as they can for their shareholders.
These health insurers are all well and hunky dorey if you brake your leg or need a hip replaced, but again as I said earlier, if you are trying to get them to pay for expensive drugs for a long term, I wish you the very best of luck. It isn't cost effevtive or economic for them to fund people who need long term care/drugs.
I for one am very happy with the National Health care system we have in Britain, and which we fund through our National Insurance contributions.