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I agree with BCreass. After living in US for over 25 years hands down I would still prefer the health care system of UK. The sheer cost of health care here is ridiculous.
I agree .. the trouble with alot of people in the UK who talk about how they hate the NHS, is that they don't know what they've got until its gone! I live in the US and miss the NHS and absolutly HATE the health care system they have here (or lack of).
My wife & I met a couple from New Jersey while we were on holiday in Mexico, the wife was a nurse.
She said that US medicine is the best in the world for those who can afford it, but she said that it's getting more & more unaffordable.
My wife & I met a couple from New Jersey while we were on holiday in Mexico, the wife was a nurse.
She said that US medicine is the best in the world for those who can afford it, but she said that it's getting more & more unaffordable.
I'm a US and a UK registered nurse and I do not believe that the care in the US is that far above (if above at all) of care in the UK. Overall, the UK has a much healthier population, because citizens can seek care without the worry of how to pay for it.
(I am American, but have spent 5 years in the UK- just relocated back to the US and already miss the NHS)
I'm a US and a UK registered nurse and I do not believe that the care in the US is that far above (if above at all) of care in the UK. Overall, the UK has a much healthier population, because citizens can seek care without the worry of how to pay for it.
(I am American, but have spent 5 years in the UK- just relocated back to the US and already miss the NHS)
I have to agree with you EM. I am training to be a nurse and alot of my family member are nurses and they think the UK system is better.
There are alot that has come from the U.K aswell that the U.S uses and there are medical breakthroughs that have come from here too.
I think the UK's NHS is better. I've lived under both. While it is absolutely true that an American with a totally comprehensive health plan...and I mean you are covered for literally and totally everything, including pre-existing ailments...is going to get seen more quickly and might get better treatment also, you can't argue with a system that might take a little longer for some conditions, but whatever treatment you get, the cost at the hospital is always, always $0.
If I'm rich: US
If I'm a regular middle class person, or poor: UK
Don't forget also, the UK does also have tons of private healthcare, private hospitals and so on. We have the same system as the USA PLUS the free stuff. You choose what you want. You can pay for enhanced healthcare through an American style health insurer, like BUPA.
I dunno. I just can't see how the US system is better unless you have really great benefits with your job or can afford to pay for the top level of cover. My experience is that not that many Americans have that level of cover. I know a woman in Wisconsin who is obliged to stay in a job she hates because she has good health benefits that cover her whole family. She and her husband both have relatively minor cardiac problems that they got after she took the cover. She feels that if she leaves her job, and therefore her health plan, she won't be covered or will have to pay astronomical sums to get looked after.
I'd prefer to wait another 3 months in line for a hip-replacement or whatever in the UK. It really is NOT a perfect system. There are all kinds of faults and inefficiencies. We all b***h about it constantly because we all own it and demand the best for our tax. But it's not at all bad. I consider that my family has had great service and wonderful treatment for decades here.
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