That stuff will make you say some weird things. When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, my mom said I spent the whole trip home commenting on Sami from “Days of our Lives.”
Well, it’s the first warning to anyone visiting the USA from Britain: never get sick! Maybe we see these things differently, but the American healthcare system seems barbaric viewed from over here. A country where the first thing they check when you arrive in hospital isn’t your vital signs, but your credit rating…. uggh. Thank Attlee for the NHS!
Can’t help reflecting the Bush absurdity of lowering taxes and increasing spending was the root cause…something had to give. As I recall our own dear Margaret Thatcher peddled a similar untruth over here – that we could have it all with lower taxes – and the results have taken this long to feed through… and the problem with a private medical sector is that it cherry-picks the most profitiable cases with a view to private profit, therefore routine or necessary care begins to atrophy. We see this in dentistry, probably the only part of British healthcare that isn’t socialised and people have to pay the prices the dentists demand. NHS treatment is non-existant or bog-standard and as often as not the dentist wants you to go private because they can screw more money out of you that way. Again, uggh.
Well, though it gives me no pleasure to say it, the era of low taxes is over and we will all have to shell out more. As long as that covers EVERYBODY and so long as it doesn’t go into the back pocket of some slimy banker, then it’s necesary…
kreole almost 13 years ago
It’s the IV kicking in……….
perceptor3 almost 13 years ago
That stuff will make you say some weird things. When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, my mom said I spent the whole trip home commenting on Sami from “Days of our Lives.”
baileydean almost 13 years ago
Jeri’s growing. Something’s not about her… and it’s okay.
WaitingMan almost 13 years ago
I still remember my dream from my tonsillectomy, 53 years ago. More of a nightmare, actually.
AgProv almost 13 years ago
And in an American hospital too. I assume as hes’s under eighteen, a murderously large bill gets sent to his parents?
Orion-13 almost 13 years ago
What a strange concept to have to pay for services rendered…Orion
Destiny23 almost 13 years ago
On the plus side, the surgeon will think the ‘J’ stands for Johnson, not Jeri.
AgProv almost 13 years ago
Well, it’s the first warning to anyone visiting the USA from Britain: never get sick! Maybe we see these things differently, but the American healthcare system seems barbaric viewed from over here. A country where the first thing they check when you arrive in hospital isn’t your vital signs, but your credit rating…. uggh. Thank Attlee for the NHS!
AgProv almost 13 years ago
Can’t help reflecting the Bush absurdity of lowering taxes and increasing spending was the root cause…something had to give. As I recall our own dear Margaret Thatcher peddled a similar untruth over here – that we could have it all with lower taxes – and the results have taken this long to feed through… and the problem with a private medical sector is that it cherry-picks the most profitiable cases with a view to private profit, therefore routine or necessary care begins to atrophy. We see this in dentistry, probably the only part of British healthcare that isn’t socialised and people have to pay the prices the dentists demand. NHS treatment is non-existant or bog-standard and as often as not the dentist wants you to go private because they can screw more money out of you that way. Again, uggh.
Well, though it gives me no pleasure to say it, the era of low taxes is over and we will all have to shell out more. As long as that covers EVERYBODY and so long as it doesn’t go into the back pocket of some slimy banker, then it’s necesary…