Originally Posted by Mutt

true - but that's what you get when you pay directly for medical care out of your own wallet. there's absolutely no way a socialized public 'free' healthcare system can provide top notch healthcare to everybody in every situation, that's a resources issue, then there's the bureaucracy and politics involved that fuck up a national healthcare system - you'd be paying 80% in income tax to have the national healthcare system people want.

got the cash - you can go to a private hospital and get the same treatment the golden retriever gets.