kieronj (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

GOD BLESS THE UK NHS!!! best in the world!

anhacus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

All the LSD, PCP, Marijuana, and tons of pharmaceuticals consumed in the last 40 years in the U.S. have softened the people's brains to be incapable of outrage. They have been chemically lobotomized. The stalwart, monstrously wealthy government wins again.

anhacus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Big bills, narrow protection. Not good. The Federal government should take over health care.

gallowswood (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great video!

StopUnumNow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sicko on its way in the UK? NHS INSURANCE VOUCHER PLAN MOOTED The BBC Tuesday, 9 September 2008 Healthcare organisations should compete to insure patients under a state-funded scheme which would radically transform the NHS, a think tank is proposing. Plans from Reform would see everyone given a £2,000 "voucher" each year, funded out of general taxation, to buy health insurance. Competition between private firms and primary care trusts would drive down costs and improve choice, it argues...

apollostigma (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

As a German I always thought our system is already fucked up to the point I digged myself deep into heltah care systems in other countries and the US one too. After all I read and got first hand reported I feel really sorry for you, really! The bad part is, a HC company earns more the lesser treatments it needs to pay. So in good company style to maximize profit, they try to pay as less as possible for treatments while asking for high monthly fees. And no client can run away with pre-conditions

toeg1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks Kairoa, Unfortunately, you won't see public outrage. The MSM says that we have the best system, and 75% of Americans believe everything they see on TV. So we're the best. Actually, we're the best #37 in the world. And we're moving DOWN the scale, not up. It's obvious to an entire world as much as it is oblivious to most Americans. We put the "li(e)" in obvious, obLIvious. Americans don't have a clue, and the corporatists couldn't be happier.

KAIROA (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You hit the nail right on the head my friend. WHERE IS THE PUBLIC OUTRAGE...?

toeg1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

health care in the US is a joke. There are third world countries with much better systems. My son was born in Mexico City in 1981 at 6 months 2 weeks. He weighed less than 2 pounds. He was in an incubator for the first year. He had three hernia operations. Such an effort here in the US would be in the tens of thousands of dollars. In Mexico, FREE!!!! And for those who say it's horrible down there don't realize that those same doctors come to the US to get rich from American patients.

teb829 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I have a friend who has a liver ailment and his wife has skin cancer..Between the two of them they make $46,000 a year.. Anthem Blue Cross raised their premium to $2300 a month,more than half their take home pay.. They can't shop with another insurance carrier because they now have pre-existing conditions.This only happens in America.Health insurance companies kill and ruin more Americans than any terrorist organization ever has. Support HR676 and put these blood suckers out of business!!