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Re:If Dwarf Fortress sells millions on Steam, its creators w... by peteretep on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:55AM (#19499635)
You’re being downvoted because you’re wrong, and anyone with any familiarity at all with the other systems knows you’re wrong.

Let us consider:

> Did I mention that there is no way to go private other than paying out of pocket, and of course who would run a medical company in a country with universal healthcare?

Like many people here, I’ve held private insurance in the UK. The last time I paid for it, I think I paid £150/m for it, but I’ve had several employees cover it.

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Re:If Dwarf Fortress sells millions on Steam, its creators w... by jsmith99 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @07:44AM (#19499890)
Exactly. I've also had private health insurance in the UK in the past. It cost a lot less than £150/month and when I used it I generally ended up in posh central London hospitals that get enough of their business from rich Arabs that they boasted of their Dubai TV channels.
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Re:If Dwarf Fortress sells millions on Steam, its creators w... by TomMarius on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:56AM (#19499646)
UK does not have a universal healthcare system in a comparable way to continental Europe. It is excluded from what I said, but it's not much of a change - that makes it sixth in the world. Out of 195.
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Re:If Dwarf Fortress sells millions on Steam, its creators w... by DanBC on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:58AM (#19499656)
How does the UK not have universal healthcare?
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Re:If Dwarf Fortress sells millions on Steam, its creators w... by TomMarius on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:13AM (#19501628)
Sorry I was mistaken, however: Every commenter here is talking about their experiences in private clinics. These are not a part of most universal healthcare systems and it's polar opposite of what the USA liberals are proposing. That's why I didn't want to count UK in, however other commenters have proved to me that it was a mistake - if any homeless man is able to get such treatment, I have to agree it's universal - but is this true? Noone here confirmed that yet.
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