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

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's all good! In my head it is still September, so Christmas wishes any time before the end of Jan count! A VERY happy New Year to you my quiet friend who should commit more fic!

$210?? I went fully private (the private doctor is closest) for the mild pneumonia I developed after I came home from Italy and it cost me $55 including antibiotics. I'd get $32 of that back if I could be arsed to fill in a form ... (wonders where self put form)

NHS FTW indeed!

They do warn for mpreg, so you can steer clear if you'd like! The one I was reading had some really good ideas but I think the writer rather ran out of go towards the end, however I had the sense that she was young and possibly not from an English-speaking background, and even not considering it was still a good effort with some very fine passages of writing in the first half.

[thisgirl-is.livejournal.com]

Erm, I may possibly have been left alone with my laptop, but sans internet, for a bit. So it's sort of possible that once I have had another read-through there might conceivably be some more. And then maybe another bit after that. This writing thing is kind of addictive, huh?

$100 to see the doctor, and $110 for antibiotics and hardcore cough syrup (antihistamines, pseudoephedrine and codeine - good times!). Thank goodness for travel insurance is all I can say. The really annoying part is that despite 10 days of antibiotics, I STILL have a cough and a sniffle. Which you didn't really need to know, but I like to share my sulks around.

I will probably read the mpreg, because I am reading everything, although at the moment I am so far behind that I am starting to feel like a sucker for punishment. :o)