[MtnClimber]

NICE is not nice.

[RockyTx]

if the NHS got rid of the gomers,
things would work better

[libertylover]

require people’s vision to have deteriorated below a certain point before surgery is funded.

I'm in this situation with the VA. Driving at night has become pretty difficult because of the starburst effect from oncoming headlights. They told me last year that they can probably do it this year. I hope so because I've heard it makes a big difference.

[Chickensoup]

An old acquaintance moved to England as a expat many years ago. She had glaucoma. She learned early to fly to the states for medical care and does so annually. I am not sure how she pays for her stateside care, perhaps she files for welfare when she is here.

[originalbuckeye]

I lived in Britain and worked within the NHS. The pay was low, but the work requirements were lax. I have screamed from the rooftops that people in this country have NO IDEA how Socialized Medicine works. The only way it stays even remotely viable is to ration care. And the cost to the taxpayer is an extra 20% in ‘Fed’ taxes to pay for all that noncare. And there, the government takes what it wants and once a year sends you a postcard to let you know how much you paid in taxes. Oh, one more thing, the NHS doesn’t subsidize Care Homes for the Elderly. And they are twice what the cost is in the USA. Please tell all your friends.....WE DO NOT WANT SOCIALIZED MEDICINE HERE!!

[cherry]

our future......

[Intolerant in NJ]

...tens of thousands of elderly people are left struggling to see because of an NHS cost-cutting drive that relies on them dying before they can qualify for cataract surgery...this is a tragedy - cataract surgery has got to be among the easiest and dramatically successful treatments one can undergo - so precise that the doctor can set up one eye for distance vision and one for close up as each cataract is removed - real bionic man stuff.....

[preacher]

L8r