My daughter had two children born to her in London. Both were done at a private hospital because my daughter visited the NHS child birth facilities and she described the equipment as "Victorian" in age and process.
The NHS had good post birth procedures....gave her child rearing advice, tested the kids for illness/disease, but they also interfered with the lives of both kids as you would expect from a Big Government department. Any sign of autism (as they defined it) and the kid would be stuck with that name for the rest of his life. Etc.
Another example of NHS incompetence....my English son-in-law had a growth on his back, went to see an NHS doctor. When he asked if it looked like melanoma, she turned around and googled "Melanoma" on her PC. He left her office immediately.
She's happy to be away from the NHS now but complains about the high cost of insurance in the US, which is a problem of course for everyone.
Both the UK and US systems have *****, but all in all you get better care in the US IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT.
The NHS gives "lowest common denominator" type health care, which is fine if you are poor or unable to afford higher costs that a private health care facilitator can provide.
Bottom line here IMO is that although people say "it's free" of course it isn't. My preference would be to get me back the tax money that I'd sent to the gov. and get my own insurance but of course that's not an option.
The NHS had good post birth procedures....gave her child rearing advice, tested the kids for illness/disease, but they also interfered with the lives of both kids as you would expect from a Big Government department. Any sign of autism (as they defined it) and the kid would be stuck with that name for the rest of his life. Etc.
Another example of NHS incompetence....my English son-in-law had a growth on his back, went to see an NHS doctor. When he asked if it looked like melanoma, she turned around and googled "Melanoma" on her PC. He left her office immediately.
She's happy to be away from the NHS now but complains about the high cost of insurance in the US, which is a problem of course for everyone.
Both the UK and US systems have *****, but all in all you get better care in the US IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT.
The NHS gives "lowest common denominator" type health care, which is fine if you are poor or unable to afford higher costs that a private health care facilitator can provide.
Bottom line here IMO is that although people say "it's free" of course it isn't. My preference would be to get me back the tax money that I'd sent to the gov. and get my own insurance but of course that's not an option.
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