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What one thing would you change about the USA to improve your and everybody else's quality of life, or change just because you want to?
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
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Originally Posted by SarahUK
What one thing would you change about the USA to improve your and everybody else's quality of life, or change just because you want to?
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
I agree and I would improve education...........or the parent's involvement in their kid's education
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Originally Posted by SarahUK
What one thing would you change about the USA to improve your and everybody else's quality of life, or change just because you want to?
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
the problems is the way we pay for it.
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Originally Posted by SarahUK
What one thing would you change about the USA to improve your and everybody else's quality of life, or change just because you want to?
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.
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Originally Posted by IluvAbrit
I agree and I would improve education...........or the parent's involvement in their kid's education
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Originally Posted by hayley82
Completely agree with you. I hate worrying all the time about having an accident or getting sick, just because of the money. Everyone in the UK bitches about the NHS, so did I, now I realise how lucky we were to have it.
Just finally, finally finalised our taxes. Last year we spent over $13k on co-pays, deductibles and dental! That's on top of the $10k+ that DH's employer paid for the insurance premiums.
And no, we are not a particularly unhealthy lot. DH needed a couple of dental implants and DS had to go to the ER because he fell off his bike. Rest is just routine stuff.
AND we are supposed to have one of the better types of cover
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compassion- doesn't seem to be lot of it around in this country. Everyone is out of themselves and bugger the person you run over in the process.
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That varies hugely from one area to another, just as it does in the UK. I agree with healthcare, or more to the point the lack fo it for those who are not well off.
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the fact that earlier this year the news reported that the majority of Bankrupcies in this country were caused by unforseeable medical costs...it's a disgrace
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Ammo should be sold at a subsidized price... .44 mag ..is just getting too much..
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Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
it's the hardworking middle classes who really suffer , those who are between the ever increasing gap of" too rich to get help and too poor to afford the ever rising costs of health insurance, ...
On the other hand I'm getting a bit out of touch with the UK now ...
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Originally Posted by ukchloeinusa
Those were the people I meant! Let's face it well off here is a whole different thing to well off in the UK.
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On the other hand I'm getting a bit out of touch with the UK now ...
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oh *lol* yeah i always get confused when my hubby says we're "middle class" when i know damn well were "working class" *lol*
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