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blamebrampton ([personal profile] 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.)

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!

[identity profile] snottygrrl.livejournal.com 2008-12-28 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
had to jump in here and agree that moore is an absolute prick that should be silenced. i can't tell you how horrible it is to be american after everyone of his movies comes out over here. if really smart people don't get how biased his stuff is. [*shudders*]

having lived in both systems, i got to say that while it's nice to have free ostomy bags here in nz, i can't say i'm that enamoured with the socialised system here. the kiwis are just as good at killing people by not getting them proper medical treatment at the proper time as anything i witnessed in the states. and from my experience the treatment i got in the states far surpassed anything i get here. yeah it cost a heap more, but it was also heaps better. [*shrugs*]

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2008-12-28 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
In fairness, New Zealand is a tricky case, as you have a teeny tiny population and not a thriving economy. ONE DAY I will see Oz and NZ unified into the great nation of Hobbitonia and travel between out cities will be faster and easier than going to Adelaide!