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6. Even Pakistan has single payer health care

Reply to Nye Bevan (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2015, 07:13 PM

May 2015

Where the citizens go right to a specialist depending on their needs, no $10,000 copay, no corporate middleman.

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Take it from an American - Britain's NHS is as good as it gets [View all] Nye Bevan May 2015 OP

I have American family members living in Britain... mike_c May 2015 #1

my mom had an allergic reaction when we were in roguevalley May 2015 #35

Some years ago I had a long conversation with a doctor hifiguy May 2015 #2

Thank God the ACA saved us from a socialist hell like the NHS Fumesucker May 2015 #3

THE FUCKERS IN ALASKA'S COMMITTEE DEALING WITH roguevalley May 2015 #36

Americans believe the ONLY motivation is greed.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #4

I concur. NHS rocks. KeepItReal May 2015 #5

No being terrified that the hospital they took her to was "out of network" Nye Bevan May 2015 #16

You are so right. KeepItReal May 2015 #20

Bumped Head Rolando May 2015 #17

I'd gladly pay higher taxes to save you that $22k KeepItReal May 2015 #19

Even Pakistan has single payer health care project_bluebook May 2015 #6

The US Government made sure Iraq kept their centralized free health care system KeepItReal May 2015 #21

Having been through a vew Iraqi hospitals Telcontar May 2015 #29

But...... PatrickforO May 2015 #7

And I am a pro-capitalist advocate of competitive free markets, Nye Bevan May 2015 #26

I was appalled at the MSM's "journalism" during the health care debates LiberalLovinLug May 2015 #8

Canadian Care Rolando May 2015 #18

I'm so sorry about your sister. mahina Jan 2016 #49

I've always like Stephen Hawkin's great rebuttal about the US "healthcare" system and NHS erronis May 2015 #9

And sadly Cameron is PumpkinAle May 2015 #10

Yep. Cameron wants to privatize it. n/t geardaddy May 2015 #32

better than what newt Gingrich and the heritage foundation came up with??? preposterous Doctor_J May 2015 #11

Hell, we don't even have a country that will pay for a safe rail system like other valerief May 2015 #12

And gigantic rebates to companies that make billions hifiguy May 2015 #13

Meh. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #14

Can I ask why? Nye Bevan May 2015 #15

Less expensive, no waiting lists. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #28

Yes. The systems in Germany and Austria are wonderful! JDPriestly May 2015 #40

recently in London where we were at a clinic and 2 hospitals and no charges at all cynannmarie May 2015 #22

i think the rules in the UK may have changed Angel Martin May 2015 #44

I am curious melm00se May 2015 #23

There's still profit in them muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #24

In Oz and New Zealand too treestar May 2015 #27

I beleive NZ was the first country with an NHS. Joe Chi Minh May 2015 #33

If every citizen in the country was given a Toyota for free, Nye Bevan May 2015 #25

I'm getting mixed up on my acronyms. Is this about Gibbs? pinboy3niner May 2015 #30

I Lived in Spain itcfish May 2015 #31

That is why Tories are trying to destroy it... Helen Borg May 2015 #34

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast May 2015 #37

I would rate the two Welshman, Nye Bevan and Lloyd George as the two Joe Chi Minh May 2015 #38

I lived in Europe; had babies in Europe; husband had an operation JDPriestly May 2015 #39

1. We live in a globalized world and we can't go back; 2. Socialized medicine can't work here! Romulox May 2015 #41

"...we all end up believing that America’s private, for-profit healthcare system is our only hope truebluegreen May 2015 #42

My experience at a UK clinic was just Meh and came with a long wait JCMach1 May 2015 #43

(In the US) "An average ER visit costs more than an average month’s rent" Nye Bevan May 2015 #46

It was a clinic (not ER)... was comparable pricing to a Dr. Office visit in the US... JCMach1 May 2015 #48

Thank you for posting this. Ruby the Liberal May 2015 #45

I've spent many years working in Europe, mostly in France and the UK Sobax May 2015 #47