My daughter just had a baby in the UK....she visited a NHS doctor and baby hospital and felt like she was back in the Victorian age, so I paid for her to deliver the boy at a private hospital. It was ultra modern, and everything went well..she has a planned C section. She got regular scans, while at the NHS they actually use 19th century ear tubes (like big tubas) to listen to the unborn childs heart.
I don't care how many statistics anyone posts about births in London via NHS...many new mothers in London would be delivering their child in a dirt floor hut if they hadn't traveled to the UK, so anything is a plus. I'm excepting Polish women...they have floors in their apartments.
The NHS has however sent around a nurse to check up on her and she's competent.
England definitely seems more efficient with their tax dollars than the US. 11% of your paycheck after income taxes are taken out, covers universal health care and retirement. I also like that you can opt out of the pension part, though that only saves you 2%. In the US we pay 7.65% of our gross paycheck just for Social Security and Medicare (healthcare after age 65.) It depends on income, but these US and England deductions end up being fairly close to each other.
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