There's a sense in which all of us in the west have become detatched from death and believe it should not happen. But, I digress. What I was going to say is that healthcare is rationed everywhere. Yes, there are some things that NICE argues against in the UK (and NICE is odd because it doesn't take the cost of social care into account).
In America, people's insurance runs out at a certain point, or as is the case for 15% of the population, they've got no insurance at all. At least the British system has a greater degree of equity.
On my LJ I copied a very eloquent piece from todays' London Evening Standard, written by a Brit who has lived in the States. He's got it right, I think.
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Date: 2009-08-14 10:57 pm (UTC)In America, people's insurance runs out at a certain point, or as is the case for 15% of the population, they've got no insurance at all. At least the British system has a greater degree of equity.
On my LJ I copied a very eloquent piece from todays' London Evening Standard, written by a Brit who has lived in the States. He's got it right, I think.