Re:The average American has the same life expectancy as the ...
by kcartlidge on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:09AM
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> UK healthcare is certainly much worse than US. Dangerously understaffed, underfunded. Patients dying in ambulances in hospital car parks because the hospitals (and all its corridors) are full.
Experiences differ.
I can believe that this may have been the case for some people somewhere sometime, but that just makes it clear how dangerous it is to generalise.
My family are using the NHS (for very particular reasons) multiple times per month and have been for a fair few years - triple-figure total interactions across multiple hospitals/trusts. They've been phenomenal, and we've seen none of those issues.
And (as you say) free. In fact apart from paying for parking the only expense has been around £100 per year for unlimited prescriptions. Admittedly we've paid National Insurance for decades as part of our salary taxes, but we are definitely getting huge value for that. The NHS has issues, as does any large organisation, but it remains incredible.
Experiences differ.
I can believe that this may have been the case for some people somewhere sometime, but that just makes it clear how dangerous it is to generalise.
My family are using the NHS (for very particular reasons) multiple times per month and have been for a fair few years - triple-figure total interactions across multiple hospitals/trusts. They've been phenomenal, and we've seen none of those issues.
And (as you say) free. In fact apart from paying for parking the only expense has been around £100 per year for unlimited prescriptions. Admittedly we've paid National Insurance for decades as part of our salary taxes, but we are definitely getting huge value for that. The NHS has issues, as does any large organisation, but it remains incredible.