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blamebrampton) wrote2008-12-28 02:47 pm
blamebrampton) wrote2008-12-28 02:47 pm
A side note
Dear Americans,
Outside of your strange, strange country, most of the developed world has this marvellous thing which we like to call health care for all. I'm reading an interesting mpreg (that will teach me not to read the warnings!*) story from hd_hols and the poverty-stricken pregnant one is in despair as his health insurance will not cover it. On the off-chance it was written by someone on my flist, the good for society news is that in the UK, this is not the problem you might think it is! And I have my fingers crossed that in the US, it won't be for much longer, either.
(And if anyone is planning to respond telling me that socialised healthcare is evil, I will LAUGH AT YOU, and then I will QUOTE REAMS OF STATISTICS until you FLEE.)
* And yes, my dislike of mpreg is not supported by the excellent writing that occurs within that genre and the imaginative plots that many superior writers bring to bear on the concept. But I still don't like it!
Outside of your strange, strange country, most of the developed world has this marvellous thing which we like to call health care for all. I'm reading an interesting mpreg (that will teach me not to read the warnings!*) story from hd_hols and the poverty-stricken pregnant one is in despair as his health insurance will not cover it. On the off-chance it was written by someone on my flist, the good for society news is that in the UK, this is not the problem you might think it is! And I have my fingers crossed that in the US, it won't be for much longer, either.
(And if anyone is planning to respond telling me that socialised healthcare is evil, I will LAUGH AT YOU, and then I will QUOTE REAMS OF STATISTICS until you FLEE.)
XXX
BB
* And yes, my dislike of mpreg is not supported by the excellent writing that occurs within that genre and the imaginative plots that many superior writers bring to bear on the concept. But I still don't like it!
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The Australian system is even better, waitlists are only for non-essential treatment here. It means it's a bugger if you need a new hip, but if you have cancer or heart disease, you are in without any delays.
And while there is some brilliant infrastructure in the American system because of all the money-grubbing, on the whole it delivers a lower standard of care than the British or Australian systems. So your tiny percentage of people with obscure all-but-inoperable tumours will be in luck in the US, but on the whole, the average person will be better off in Australia or the UK.
It's symbolic of what's wrong with the whole system, really. And I know that you are going to be cranky-pants with me for suggesting that sometimes it's better to let a tiny number of obscure cases cark it so that you can keep the great number of people alive and healthy, but, well, it IS. And that's not socialism, it's just sense.
But yes, your system is not the great evil that turns away the actively dying or delivering that Mr Moore might suggest, because when it comes down to it, these people are doctors and that would go too far against the grain!