The NHS
 

Hello everyone
I just read an article where actress Emilia Clarke stated that the NHS was brilliant. At first, I re-read that portion of the article to make sure I didn't sense sarcasm in her statement.
Since I didn't notice anything mocking, I began to ask myself, "Why would this wealthy woman, who can have whatever she wants, live where she wants, etc., support a system that the US media has portrayed as a failure?" What does she know that us Americans don't?
After all, the Fox Nauseating Network constantly reminds the American public about the UK's waiting period and death panels and so on.
Meanwhile, the US has plenty of waiting periods. I called my doctor in June three years ago and told I wanted to get a physical. His next available spot was in November (for a physical?) My father is having some issues and guess what. His doctor was unreachable for a few days. Really?
There must be SOMETHING good about the NHS otherwise Britain wouldn't be enforcing tighter immigration controls to keep freeloaders out.

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its all a lie, a total lie & every freeloader knows it:blink:

Of course you have to live in the UK to understand & appreciate life as well as the benefits of everything it has to offer such as the NHS

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Just to clarify, what is a lie?
The NHS is good or Britain's keeping out freeloaders?

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That the US media is full of shit.

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who is Emilia Clarke & what makes her an expert on the NHS?

Link to that article please

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Emilia Clarke is a very beautiful actress, who plays Daenerys Targaryen in the TV dramatisation of Game of Thrones.

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Well she is English (she grew up in Berkshire) so I am going to guess that her expertise comes from her having significant experience with it.

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it all makes sense now, that a rich & somewhat [for now] celebrity British actor with loads of money has the right to as much freeloading as anyone else in the UK - rightfully so:nod:

Carry on...

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It doesn't to me.

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Why 'freeloading'?

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I don't know.

Where is this article?

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Is there a grumpy old man award on BE? :o

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Rubbish & you know it :lol:

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I'm still waiting for an explanation by Not2Old why he thinks that if Emilia Clarke uses the NHS, she is 'freeloading'.

I await his explanation with interest, since I think we can assume Clarke is a higher rate taxpayer.

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She wasn't always rich.