[Magdalen] A WTF moment indeed

[Grace Cangialosi]

There’s one culprit directly responsible for this, and it’s the dreaded S-word......”socialism”! You can turn folks against anything, even something that would be really good for them, by labeling it as such.

> On May 26, 2019, at 5:47 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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