[Magdalen] A WTF moment indeed

[Roger Stokes]

On 26/05/2019 21:25, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> About two years ago, I attempted to get throughthe front door here while carrying small packages placed in frontof the door by USPS.  It's a mistake for me to have both handsoccupied and therefore I went down on the tile
> of the entryway.  It was summer, and the screen door had closed.I am in that category of oldster who cannot get up from a positionflat on the floor.  My partner was not home and I was not carryingmy phone.  I shouted for my neighbor to call 911, and an ambulancearrived in about ten minutes.  They have a new (to me) cloth
> contraption that allows Two persons to pull a downed person fromthe floor.  They wanted, of course, to take me to a hospital ER, butI assured them I was just fine.  They insisted I be examined by aphysician.  I pointed out I already had been checked by a physician.The visit was free of charge. The cost to the ER would have been $500,Sometime you can beat the system.

$500 to go to the ER? The more I hear the more I am glad that we have 
the National Health Service this side of the pond. It's a heck of a 
sight cheaper than what happens in the USA and is far better value for 
money on whatever measure you choose. There are people who say that an 
insurance-based system is what we need but they often have links to 
insurance companies. I was born a year or so before the NHS came in and 
I certainly want it still to be here when I breathe my last.

Roger