tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post5834180427810023240..comments2023-05-07T00:48:54.638-07:00Comments on Incongruous Circumspection: A Case for Universal Health Care - From Real Life, Not TheoryIncongruous Circumspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-28247519044270268032012-07-22T07:37:19.569-07:002012-07-22T07:37:19.569-07:00Thanks for the awesome data. One thing to note......Thanks for the awesome data. One thing to note...the poor have never had any trouble getting health care in theis country. Some fall through the cracks but not many. It's the families that are considered middle class that make up the majority of the 50 million that do not have health care.Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-56029174955907587922012-07-22T04:10:32.668-07:002012-07-22T04:10:32.668-07:00Here in Aus, we have Medicare, which is a similar ...Here in Aus, we have Medicare, which is a similar scheme to NHS - we have an increase in taxes (1.5%, but low income is free), and there are waiting lists, but care is free.<br />Like the UK, if you want to pay for private insurance to be able to get your own doctor, no waiting time and private rooms then it is up to you (if you are in a high income bracket and don't have private insurance, Aaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347905602264411764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-15014716604373635412012-07-10T14:54:32.471-07:002012-07-10T14:54:32.471-07:00One of my frustrations with the US model is that i...One of my frustrations with the US model is that it will never be healthCARE, only a kind of insurance that doesn't even help with everything that could happen. <br /><br />Growing up in the UK, though the NHS sucks for waiting lists, at least when my mom had to have a hysterectomy and later when angina put her in hospital, since we paid our (admittedly huge) taxes, she had all her care, The Blog bites better than the Bullet.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05768775982264747802noreply@blogger.com