[mewzilla]

US Health Care Saves More Lives Than Socialized Medicine

Anyone who thinks socialized medicine is such a great idea should be made to spend some time in a country that has it.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Yes,
I had a friend that was in London on vacation about 10 years ago. He had a serious back problem and found himself in a ward with 20-30 others. He could not sleep there, as people were constantly waking up screaming or crying. Finally, the hospital figured out that he had Blue Cross (health insurance) and that meant he could pay for his own doctor, etc. He was transferred to a semi-private room, got a good doctor, had the surgery and was on the plane home to the USA in good time. He was told that if he had been left in the ward, he would still be there, and the surgery might not have happened.

[mollynme]

While visiting family in Norway I met a woman who had suffered a devastating miscarriage. Her doctor told her that the cause was a benign tumor in her uterus. She could have had it removed in a relatively simple procedure but the arbitrary rules of health care rationing said that she would have to lose 3 (!) pregnancies before she would be eligible for the surgery.
Unwilling to go through the heartbreak again, she and her husband were considering adoption.