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mobertol · 31-01-2012, 12:50

Even "civilised" countries like the USA do not offer it's citizens what the UK (and much of Europe) has. As highlighted by BG, if you don't have the wherewithall to pay in many countries -you keep your bad back, don't get your cancer treated and if you're a woman giving birth and don't have health insurance in America you get sent back out into the street!

If, as has been written on the Olympic Farrago thread, some people are worried that the Olympics will be seen by some as a health tourism opportunity, then from the outside looking in, the NHS is seen very differently to the way it's often portrayed here -I suppose it's all relative. If you are used to a 3 hour drive to get to a wooden hut - a local fully equipped hospital looks pretty damn good.

31-01-2012, 12:50	#16
mobertol God Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 4,419 Liked: 1866 times Rep Power: 26229	Re: NHS reforms..a mess? Even "civilised" countries like the USA do not offer it's citizens what the UK (and much of Europe) has. As highlighted by BG, if you don't have the wherewithall to pay in many countries -you keep your bad back, don't get your cancer treated and if you're a woman giving birth and don't have health insurance in America you get sent back out into the street! If, as has been written on the Olympic Farrago thread, some people are worried that the Olympics will be seen by some as a health tourism opportunity, then from the outside looking in, the NHS is seen very differently to the way it's often portrayed here -I suppose it's all relative. If you are used to a 3 hour drive to get to a wooden hut - a local fully equipped hospital looks pretty damn good. __________________ “Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.” ~ D. H. Lawrence