If socialized medicine is no better when it comes to death panels, then why demand the US switch?
Umm, without private insurance, waiting times in the UK are very long. Hospitals and clinics come up with creative ways to help meet targets, such as giving people appointments, then cancelling them and labelling the person as "socially unavailable", meaning they don't want to come it because it interferes with their lifestyle and whatnot.
Umm, you are being dishonest. Your link is about specialists, not normal GPs.
Also, you ignored the bit where they said that part of the reason waiting times are getting longer is because pretty much everyone has health insurance now under Obamacare.
In the UK (last month I think), the news full of articles about not having enough dermatologists to meet demand, so appointments are nearly impossible to get. The same goes for countless other specialties.
If I didn't have private insurance, I would have died a decade ago due to a mismanaged ear infection that was raging and causing extreme pain, but the NHS system wasn't designed to deal with it.
I also have permanent nerve damage in both hands because it took so long to get referred when the NHS was telling GPs not to refer people unless absolutely needed. In fact, they were giving GPs bonus payments for reducing the number of people they refer to specialists.
As a bass player, it really sucks having reduced use of my hands and hearing. All caused by the NHS.
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Another thing that makes the NHS suck ass, is that under the law, it's nearly impossible to sue for even the most blatant malpractice.
