re: WSJ: The U.K.’s Healthcare System Is in Crisis; 500 die every week due to treatment delays

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Let's revisit this post, which was garbage anyway because bronc doesn't work in healthcare. His wife is a nurse

Now the nurses husband is telling an actual doctor how the healthcare industry works.

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This is a perfect microcosm of dialogue on the internet.

Ever been in a VA Hospital? The NHS is exactly the same. The best Doctor's and Nurses in the UK are in the privately insured health systems. 999 is overtaxed as the Ambulance Service is nothing but a taxi service. GP's are literally on every corner but people don't use them because they're thought of as hacks, and do nothing more than refer people to A&E. 6 hr plus
wait times are the norm not the exception.

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That’s 26,000 a year. I do believe the us statistics on people who die due to a lack of health insurance is at 45,000 a year.

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So, that’s less than double the deaths.

The US population is 5 times the UK population (334+ million vs 67+ million), so you just proved how much better our healthcare is. Thanks.