re: #100 wozzablog

Everybody in the UK has better access to the full healthcare system than an insured american with Catastrophic Coverage only.
Everybody in the UK has better access to healthcare than people in the US with no insurance.
Employers in the UK are in a considerably better position to ride out the economic problems because they are not saddled with paying for healthcare plans.

Theres a canard that quality of care is nlower - when for even many insured americans the care they need isn’t even an option - let alone the quality of it to be a consideration.

I’ve needed several referrals to consultants recently and all my care has been prompt and of a very good standard - which is the oevr whelming experience of the in the UK healthsystem.

And - if people don’t wan to use the NHS, they can go private. Simple.

Yes, there is the opting out provision of the NHS- which in itself speaks volumes.

Still, the quality of care is spotty at best (recall the patients made to wait in ambulances so ER wait times might be manipulated).

In Canada, it took a Supreme Court opinion to allow citizens to ‘opt out’.

Single payer systems are a mixed bag- great for preventative care, no so good for other things.