A side note

[blamebrampton]

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.)

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!

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Ooozing unmentionable substances, she says in a tone of dark foreboding.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's the perfect icon!

[azurelunatic]

Isn't he adorable? That's my Virtual Nephew, at about age 7 or so. He is now about his mother's height and needs to shave.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh the depressiveness of adult nephews, my little one is now six feet tall! I miss when he used to leave messages on my answer phone that consisted entirely of fart noises ...

[azurelunatic]

This one's only 12, so there's some time yet left for generalized immaturity.

[alienor77310.livejournal.com]

Huh? None of my grown-up nephews are above that. All above 18. Maybe even more than the little ones.
*has just spent 3 days with her 8 nephews and nieces*