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Originally Posted by punkpred
What makes me laugh is that an average American spends 16% of his income on health care insurance and other medical factors not backed up by the government while in the UK 8% of out taxes goes to national health.
They don't care who you are in England you get taken care of, no one will go through your wallet to see if you have insurance first.
Keep bitching about a possible public option you bunch of losers.
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Same in Australia ... also my new home New Zealand. All got public systems, which I have used on at least 3-4 occasions myself and experienced through others i had to take or help take to the emergency room on another half dozen occasions.
Worst ones, they/I got seen basically instantly, others 15 mins tops .. broke my nose and that took 30 mins to get seen but it was hardly severe. Most occasions they didn't even ask my name or the persons name, got seen, fixed up, no bills whatsoever. Can get bad on a fri sat night here because of all the teens who drink too much or get into trouble, but generally the public system is amazing. Small bit taken out of tax, all government run and anyone can get care. Elective surgery can take a while though.
Of course I you have the option of private cover so you can go into the private hospitals if you want for even better care, but full comprehensive cover for me only costs $80 a month, its no biggie.