The Fury said:
Consider me a stupid British citizen happy to pay into a system that provides care when I (or any member of my family) need it regardless of problem but how is countries having an NHS bad for competition? especially when the idea of competition in healthcare is rediculous to me. NHS spend what money they can to provide the best service they can and don't worry about if insurance companies 'pay up' or a sick person has the correct type of insurance. If you want to pay more, we have BUPA. This said, I may be misunderstanding your point. |
In America, you get people arguing that they can make their own deals for health care for themselves directly with doctors, no one really goes without, and also there are emergency rooms. So, the last resort option people bring up emergency rooms in America. I actually had one person tell me in a forum, "What are you complaining about? You can always go to an emergency room!" Emergency rooms are magical places that apparently don't cost anything to operate and act as a fountain of youth (or something). And yes I did overstate a bit, to make a point.
