[libertarianPA]

Incidentally, my girlfriend's best friend lives with her husband in England. They are planning to have a child soon and the wife wants to move back to America because she doesn't want herself or her children to be cared for under England's NHS.

... as long as we're trading personal stories, here.

[lucysmom]

India's medical tourism business is growing at an estimated 30% a year attracting medical and dental patients from around the world, including the US. Cuba attracts patients from South America and Europe. Thailand, the Philippines, Costa Rica, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia Belgium, Poland, South Africa, and Singapore are also getting in on the action. The US is nolonger THE destination of choice for quality medical care.

If we don't wake up and smell the coffee, we are going to find the world has past us by.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

We all know that the English system is crap. I even specifically mentioned tha the debate in the US has been skewed by the inability of American reporters to speak languages other than English and therefore only to concentrate on Anglo-speaking countries as examples. Germany, Japan and France all have superior systems. If I were in England I would want to have my children elsewhere as well - probably Germany.

By the way, as for "voluntarily" not having healthcare, it is like voluntarily not wearing a seat-belt. It may seem like freedom, but ultimately it is a result of a poor ability to judge risk and cost/benefit. Moreover, society as a whole has a vested interest in the health of its individual members. It is like "voluntarily" not going to school - that would save taxpayer money too, but would be bad for society.