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Re:Both in rich and poor countries, universal health care br... by mter on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:39AM (#16977974)
> But some of them truly do offer superior care to a typical private hospital

Which ones? Because that has not been my experience at the hawaii facility. From my appointment time being written down on a piece of paper then they send me my actual appointment date a few months later to the doctor being an hour+ late, my personal experiences have been subpar.

Add in how doctors/nurses at multiple hospitals do comically incompetent things like reusing insulin pens/colonoscopy bags/not washing equipment, the general sense of incompetence when they lose my records every few years, or talking to my buddies who got out and ended up working at the VA and have told me that they'll never get treated there, and I do not have the same sense of "superior care" that you're talking about.

If I want hep C, I'll go to the VA. If I want medical care, I'll go anywhere else or just not go to a doctor.

Re:Both in rich and poor countries, universal health care br... by Fomite on Thursday May 03, 2018 @12:28AM (#16983352)
"Add in how doctors/nurses at multiple hospitals do comically incompetent things like reusing insulin pens/colonoscopy bags/not washing equipment"

I work in hospital infection control research - if you think your private hospital isn't making many of those same mistakes, I have some very bad news for you...

Re:Both in rich and poor countries, universal health care br... by Clubber on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:17PM (#16978473)
I would think it would be safe to say that the best VA hospitals are better than the worst private hospitals. I don't think that's a stretch.
Re:Both in rich and poor countries, universal health care br... by ryandrake on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:37PM (#16978708)
I’d love to hear from anyone who actually uses services from the VA whether they’d trade that system for the “pay or die” system the rest of us get.