[Magdalen] A WTF moment indeed

[Scott Knitter]

What's insane is that most Americans' minds won't be changed about this
even in the light of the many, many comments like yours, Roger, and others
who live with single-payer healthcare and wouldn't live without it. We're
sick over here in more ways than one.

On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 4:02 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>

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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA