Emeritus Prof Christopher MayFor those who think that the US #healthcare system somehow holds the answer to the current #NHS crisis, there is only one fact you really need to appreciate:
No-one in the UK has ever been bankrupted by the costs of their #cancer treatment....
CatMom916@ChrisMayLA6 I've posted this more than once on various sites: I am an American with good health insurance. I'm lucky. But I pay abt $300/mo for it. It doesn't cover every thing I need. I pay a part of my prescriptions. I pay in part for tests like the MRI I got ($200). And, if I have a serious illness or accident, I pay 20% of the entire bill. If you are a UK citizen, you need to fight for the NHS.
DJDarren@CatMom916 @ChrisMayLA6 This is what I find so mad. Just looked at my payslip from last month; I paid £575 in combined tax and National Insurance. It came straight from my wages, I didn't see that money at all, so I don't mourn its loss.
I pay £10 a month for my ADHD medication, and nothing to see a Dr.
I genuinely don't understand why working and middle class people like me would call for the US system of healthcare.
SamuelJohnson@DJDarren @CatMom916 @ChrisMayLA6 Why pick the US? There are dozens of closer countries with better health systems than the US.
Ben Evans@samueljohnson @DJDarren @CatMom916 @ChrisMayLA6
Do you really think that's what the Tories have in mind?
They want a US system. That's what they mean when they say "insurance based healthcare". It's what they keep banging on about in badly written articles in right wing magazines such as the spectator.