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	semtex 2007-02-18 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	http://community.livejournal.com/customers_suck/20763376.html?thread=295566832#t295566832 Even though the OP is copypasta, rendering the whole post moot (imho), I still like that response there. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-02-18 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	That is made of loads of win. (Reply to this)(Parent)

sheep
2007-02-19 12:00 am UTC (link)

The majority of people in the US do not have health insurance. This isn't some oversight born of ignorance or laziness on their part but a sad fact of the American healthcare system. Unless you are fortunate enough to work for a company that provides health insurance, or you are well-off (and, ironically, healthy) enough to pay for it out-of-pocket, chances are you do not have health insurance. This is one of the main reasons why so many people end up in the ER, and while I'll agree that some of these people don't seem all that sick, they aren't there for fun.

I've said it before, but I don't think it can be said enough, I love the NHS!!

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	magpiggles 2007-02-19 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Hurray! People bitch and bitch about the NHS but my love for it will never die. (Reply to this)(Parent)

fevered_ego
2007-02-19 01:19 am UTC (link)

I once ripped my toe open so badly it looked like a little pink muppet that talked if you bent the toe back and forth. It was 2 in the morning and I was bleeding everywhere, so I went to the emergency room. Total bill for having the wound washed, x-rayed and bandaged? $860. The doctors were rude and incompetent and treated me like a moron.

God save that snaggle-toothed old Queen.

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	fevered_ego 2007-02-19 01:22 am UTC (link)
	Forgot to add that this nastiness took place in Nebraska. I am jealous of other nations' health care. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vigilanterodent 2007-02-19 03:34 am UTC (link)
	How I pine for an NHS. PINE, I tells ya. (I once got into an argument with a Swedish transfer student who was bitching about Sweden's, and saying that she thought the American system was better. The long and short of her argument was, "Well, I'M from a wealthy family and can afford good health insurance, fuck all y'all who can't.") (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

papervolcano
2007-02-19 08:23 am UTC (link)

I had a flatmate who thought like that - he was adamant that things like National Insurance contributions were theft, because he had private health insurance, and people that couldn't afford private care were slackers who deserved what they got. As at the time I was having some pretty nasty joint problems and I couldn't afford the physio that made me able to eat and dress myself without crying in pain, this was the cause of many arguments in that house.

The NHS is in an atrocious state, but I wouldn't trade systems for the world.

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	(Anonymous) 2007-02-19 08:34 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I know people like that. Fuck them. If it weren't for the NHS, I'd be dead or bankrupt by now. And my sister's arm would be paralysed. The system is pretty screwed, yeah, but it's better than nothing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-02-19 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	I'm from Sweden, so that student made me go "WTF" until I got to the "wealthy family" part. headdesks Sure, the Swedish system can be better... but it WORKS, and I prefer it from what I've heard about the American system. Did she have ANY other reason for disliking the Swedish system? (Also, please tell me you hit her?) - animejosse (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shaggydogstail 2007-02-19 03:48 am UTC (link)
	The closest I get to patriotism is when I hear Americans talking about their health care system. Fair puts my bitching about prescription charges into perspective. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ealusaid 2007-02-19 03:17 am UTC (link)
	Best response to that one is, "You've lived in the real world, haven't you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ryuutchi 2007-02-19 04:14 am UTC (link)
	That is the best response, which makes me twitchy, because that's She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Wanked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-02-19 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Amazing how four years can change a person. Oh, wait... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-02-19 08:06 am UTC (link)
	Agreed. It's enough to make me want to move to Canada. ;_; (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-02-20 06:22 am UTC (link)
	That response definitely wins. It makes up for all the "America NEEDS NO UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE OMG" wank I've seen around recently. And! It was coherent! And gave valid examples! Oh internet, I hardly know you! --ophelia_brown@lj (Reply to this)(Parent)

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