I'm absolutley NOT an advocate of socialized medicine. My husband and I never applied for state-sponsored health care for our firstborn, even though we qualified, because we could pay into a private plan. It PINCHED, believe me--but we're against the whole idea of socialized medicine. That's really not the discussion I'm interested in here, though--I'm talking about the specific tragedy of Miss Richardson's death. Obviously, lack of a medical helicopter when time was of the essence didn't help matters any, but matters were already bleak because NR turned down immediate offers of medical attention. And I am very much interested in the town of whatever it's called--Mount Treblanc? I should google it. If it's as small as I am assuming it is, none of what transpired surprises me, and I doubt it would have played out differently in the US.