Sally Redux

...and turning up after 11 years wanting free treatment for a chronic condition.

Jerseygirl

Last Friday night my 84 yr old MIL woke up during the night covered in blood. It was a nose bleed...but she takes Warfarin and hasn't had a nose bleed before and this was a particularly heavy bleed. Without a second thought an ambulance was called...within a few minutes she was on her way to the hospital. Upon arrival at A&E she was in seen immediately and was there for 5 hours while various tests were carried out.

She didn't have to think about the cost of the ambulance or the tens of thousands of pounds the visit to A&E would cost her.

Posts such as the opening post make me so angry. During the last 12 months of my mother's life she had outstanding medical care. The UK Social Services is second to non IMO. Mum had 4 care workers a day...the first to get her out of bed, bathed, dressed and give her breakfast. The second to give her lunch, the third to give her dinner and the fourth to get her undressed and make sure she was safely in bed. For years her family doctor has called to see her...even called at her home to give her flu shots. I could go on...but what would be the point...some only open threads to flame.

dunroving

OK, I'll take the bait and offer you this joke by (I believe) Boris Johnson, told to an American audience:

Question: "What do Americans call the British Labour party?"
Answer: "Socialists"

Question: "What do Americans call the British Conservative Party?"
Answer: "Socialists"

If you think Obama and the Democrats are beyond the pale of your political tastes, and his health care plans are idiotic, I can't for the life of me figure out why you want to return to the UK, which has the very brand of socialised medicine that Obama is trying to achieve, and whose politics of all stripes is far to the left of anything in the US ...

OK, you got me, hook, line, and sinker. Congratulations.

Sally Redux

Well said. There are several older people in our families in the UK all receiving similar excellent all-round care.

Mummy in the foothills

mine too!

Giantaxe

The 91 old mother of a friend of mine is getting her hip replaced this week... so much for the Republican claim that under socialized medicine, old people don't get treated:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...form-untruths/

Sally Redux

Well don't forget Stephen Hawking would not have received treatment 'had he been British'.

Giantaxe

Indeed, here's Investor's Daily quote:

Along with the signs saying "keep your government hands off my Medicare", that summed up the nonsensical nature of much of the anti-healthcare reform rhetoric.

Sally Redux

What a joke.

My SIL has a very severely handicapped son, far from a 'brilliant scientist' he has nevertheless received outstanding care throughout his life and is one of the longest-lived people with his syndrome ever.

Mummy in the foothills

I love that one!

MaineLeedsbloke

you are a typical cool-aid liberal that believes all the c**p your party is professing....and you are such a fool if you think the health bill is going to give my wife long term care...the bill that they took so much time to read, that they didn't bribe for votes, that they discussed in full view of the public, that will bring down costs.........NOT.......Everything a liberal does is all about one thing and one thing only.......CONTROL. When the democrats bankrupt the country with all their spending dreams, it will lead to higher taxes and health care rationing........and how do they do rationing?? If you have a 50 year old and a 80 year old both wanting the same operation guess who is sh*t out of luck. Yes I have had good jobs with good insurance but I have also been unemployed for a year in that 11 years and had state health insurance during that time.........yes I was very grateful for it but I was glad to get off it once I secured my next job because of all the bureaucratic nonsense you had to go through and this is what democrats have given this country.

Titchski

I think you've confused "liberal" with "politician" here.

Now, would you like a nice cup of tea?

WARPed

There are some things that the government should have some control over. Healthcare is one of them. Why? Because allowing businesses to run it just means that people get more and more shafted as money gets put before something as important as a persons health. But then that is the Capitalist way isn't it. Business (like you apparently) only give a crap about themselves and to hell with every other poor needy sod out there that might not have a pot to piss in, let alone money to keep them in good health.

Healthcare Reform might have gone a long way towards helping out your wife, if it hadn't been watered down to appease pocket lining, lobby loving nuts that run about stirring up the pot with imaginary "DEATH PANELS" and scared the hell out of average Joe. I've yet to see any rationing in the UK...so why would it happen here?

Higher taxes. Hell yeah, bring it on if it means I can go get treated for illness without being bankrupt. Taxes would have to raise a long way before the take as much out of my household income as health insurance does.

Also, why do you feel the need for two accounts on here?

Titchski

Vermont was too goddam Liberal for him, I bet!

brits1

It's excellent...and that is not being biased...based on the fact the we have used the system, I have worked in the NHS and currently have close "relies" who work within the system as well .....having lived abroad for the past 12 years....you really do appreciate certain things "back home" more and the NHS is up there on the top part of our list.....sorry to hear about your wife....