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Worried senior

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5. I belong to a forum for people with
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 06:12 PM
Jun 2012

auto-immune conditions. Most of the people on this forum which is based in the UK live either in the UK or surrounding countries.

The care that they get is wonderful, even if they have surgery the post-surgical therapy and assistance they receive is amazing.

My husband has had six hip surgeries, he is now getting therapy but he only got minimal therapy after the surgeries, primarily how to climb steps and get in and out of bed.

They too can't understand about this country and our lack of proper HC unless you have money to spend.

I've also gotten some great information from them regarding our conditions, information I never got here. Now I tell my doctor what I've learned and we're going that route.

When you see the quality of life they have and compare taxes, we might not have the higher tax bill but we get non of the benefits and our out of pocket expenses when you break it all down is higher.

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You agree with EVERYONE I have ever spoke to about socialized medicine... SoutherDem Jun 2012 #1
I have a friend that can't move her aging mother to the "States" ... etherealtruth Jun 2012 #8
I'm embarrassed by the very vocal moronic minority of rubes that seem to control TheDebbieDee Jun 2012 #2
Wurzburg is as lovely as ever! flygal Jul 2012 #14
Standard of living, that's the real issue and none of our leaders are even taking about it Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #3
my Rheum. dr. apt was 2 months wait being a new patient but follow-up apts were scheduled easily tru Jun 2012 #4
I belong to a forum for people with Worried senior Jun 2012 #5
Exactly! flygal Jul 2012 #15
Ich liebe Deutschland! and-justice-for-all Jun 2012 #6
And it is one of the oldest social welfare healthcare plans in existence. Ikonoklast Jun 2012 #7
Guten tag! Hej! Quantess Jun 2012 #9
Years ago I was at a gathering where there were two exchange students from Switzerland. zeemike Jun 2012 #10
Nowhere but in the US is there the propaganda of Fox News underpants Jun 2012 #11
Your exactly right. I lived in Germany, Italy and have relatives in Canada and NONE of them southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #12
It's certainly true for this Canadian Canuckistanian Jun 2012 #13
"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #16
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