[narby]

I just got back from a trip to the UK, where we were on a bus tour. Of the two bus drivers, both were about 45-50 years old, and both of their wives had died. We didn’t query too close about what the cause was, but I had to think that if they had received good medical care, maybe one or both would have lived.

[britemp]

‘We didn’t query too close about what the cause was, but I had to think that if they had received good medical care, maybe one or both would have lived.’

Doubtful as Brits on average live longer than Americans, despite the NHS:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_mal-health-life-expectancy-birth-male

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_fem-health-life-expectancy-birth-female

And the English suffer far lower levels of diabetes, strokes, heart disease, lung diseases, cancer and blood pressure than Americans do, once again, despite the NHS! :)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5377794