National Health care in Britain.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The NHS is certainly not perfect by any stretch of the imagination - however if we're making a general comparison:

Life Expectancy (UN Rankings) highest to lowest:

UK = 22nd / US = 38th

Infant Mortality

UK = 4.8 per 1000 births / US = 6.3 per 1000 births

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Lipstick on a pig bro.

Edited October 21, 2007 by CarolsMarc

[Fandango 1,439]

I got MRSA after my brain and neck surgery It was really horrific!

They thought I had spinal meningitis at first. I was in the hospital for an extra month because of it, but the catch 22 is, I was too sick to go home, but too weak to stay in the hospital without possibly getting sicker....my family wound up gutting a bedroom in their house (including ripping out the carpet and getting rid of all the furniture), sterilizing it as best they could, getting every hospital equipment that I needed (bed, IVs, monitors, etc, etc, etc) and I needed round the clock private nurses.

I won't go into graphics, but needless to say it was awful and disgusting.

3 months later, I finally was ok tho!

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BTW, I was in an awesome private hospital....my chances were 50/50 of just surviving the surgery & 75-80 that I'd be paralyzed from the neck down....so I'm not complainin!

There but for the Grace of God go i, eh? *shudder*

[Mags 112]

NHS slips down world healthcare league

Press Association

Friday November 14, 2003

SocietyGuardian.co.uk

4 years old!

Sorry, I should have mentioned four years ago it was worse. Maybe someone could explain that to the people who died way back then due to the inadequacies of the system. I could call 911 right now, this very second and recieve the very same care has the richest guy around. I wouldnt have to "Pick a number".

I'm not saying that the people who died didn't matter, I'm saying that your figures are out of date.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I still don't get why people keep citing the UK NHS as what "Universal Healthcare" would mean for the USA. Its a completely different system, differently funded and differently operated. As far as I'm aware the proposals to reform the US systems involve subsidised and/or mandatory health insurance, not getting rid of the insurance industry altogether (surely impossible?) and nationalising the hospitals.

Edited October 21, 2007 by Number 6

[HAL 9000 96]

Or we can just let things continue the same and let MRSA infections continue to run amok here in the US, to the denial of others.

Thank goodness I think twice about taking antibiotics for weak infections that can easily be beat with weaker drugs/natural remedies. Unfortunately, I can't count on over-prescribing MDs and people's poor health habits to keep the USA's hospitals clean. A few major reality checks are in order here- from a government that does not want to take care of its citizens that keep it afloat to an insurance industry that bases its living on overcharging MDs and patients alike, to a citizen base that is uninformed in decent living conditions.