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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The British love to talk about US healthcare.  Why?  Because they are insecure and the NHS is in shambles.  Yes, there are issues with US healthcare but a different set of issues than in the UK.  The British often face lengthy wait times and substandard care for serious conditions.  The NHS is great if you have a common illness or ailment.  NOT when you have breast cancer.   [/quote]You are so wrong.  We know at least three women in the UK (friends/family) who had breast cancer and were treated by the NHS.  Life threatening issues are taken care of immediately.

I posted earlier, but seems that post disappeared.  UK has NHS AND private insurance, AND the cost of medical care paying out of pocket is much much cheaper than here. So, the people we know there use NHS for common ailments and urgent care issues, but for things they don't want to wait for that are not life threatening, they pay private, and it's much more affordable.  Plus, they don't pay the ridiculous health insurance premiums like we do (our's is $1500/mo for a high deductible plan HMO).  I would MUCH prefer their system of public  plus private than what we have, which is basically the poor get free care, the rich can afford anything, and those of us in the middle get screwed.

And before ACA, there were lifetime max caps and pre-existing condition clauses. NHS has none of that.[/quote]

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