Dutch health system rated best, U.S. worst - polls

[Odpierdol_sie!]

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[Fat Guy]

Havent got a clue what most of you guys are chatting about.. but to throw my hat in the ring i have to hold up my hands and say those who talk bad of a national health care system like the UK have and say it wont work are talking through their arses.

I was a sitting on the fence untill april when i needed urgent medical treatment... the care i received could not have been better in a private hospital in london or anywhere else in the world. 2 Weeks after i was discharged my Gf gave birth and again... second to none! in the labour room there were 2 midwifes, 2 doctors and 4 pediatricians in and out of the room through out the birth. they then told me that they are very sorry they cant stay in the room with us and were just leaving us with a doctor and midwife because the ward was very busy and they had 10 women in labour.
Had it been quiet then im sure they woudl have all been int eh room through out the birth, but from what i saw i cant argue with the standard... it was exemplary.

Working in the Fire dept i see many different people in need of urgent medical care and even though none is private our system for the NHS paramedics etc are way better than any private system in the world.

Private hospitals are only after money and as far as i see, its out of order to charge people for care.

You come on holiday here, do you get insurance? do you need it? What would happen to YOU if YOU were hit by a bus and ended up in ER for 8 hours followed by a 3 week stay in a high dependency unit? how much money would you have to pay out? i can tell you the answer but ill leave you to decide how much the NHS is worth to you because i know how much it is worth to me.

First thing they taught me when training to be a firefighter... you cant put a price on life... any med professional etc arguing with this, in my eyse is a cvnt! A cvnt who has no morals and is in the wrong job.
With medical professionals over here, its not about money its about helping people in need! this is the ethical reason they did medicine to begin with!

If when signing on the dotted line for study to become a Med student and $$$ are spinning in their eyes, wont take a genius to work out what i think of them!

Thank you…

Most of the guys who bash universal health care don’t have a clue… Your testimony is a great illustration of universal health care and I am willing to bet many other people from countries that have universal health care have more positive things to say then negative about the system.

Your story makes a great point and your right in that the healthcare field can be very satisfying just in the ideal of helping others who are in need instead the current American model of profit and greed as motivation…. Thanks