So, underscoring once again that ("free") coverage ≠ care, the Brits' Much Vaunted National Health System©, FoIB Sally Pipes tips us to this item:
"Megan flew to Istanbul for private surgery late last year, having been told she faced long delays for an operation to fix the deformation of her spine, which was causing her problems breathing."
As we know, the bureauweenies who run the MVNHS© aren't too keen on the next generation, so I was actually surprised that the young lady was allowed to travel elsewhere for potentially life-saving treatment. Perhaps this was due more to the fact that she's Irish, not English.
And adding insult to injury, we learn that these kinds of national health care schemes don't actually rein in costs:
Ooops.
"Megan flew to Istanbul for private surgery late last year, having been told she faced long delays for an operation to fix the deformation of her spine, which was causing her problems breathing."
As we know, the bureauweenies who run the MVNHS© aren't too keen on the next generation, so I was actually surprised that the young lady was allowed to travel elsewhere for potentially life-saving treatment. Perhaps this was due more to the fact that she's Irish, not English.
And adding insult to injury, we learn that these kinds of national health care schemes don't actually rein in costs:
It's kind of funny that their data actually shows real socialized medicine (UK NHS) has annualized cost growth higher than that in the US. This is not something they much advertise, though (see Exhibit 5): https://t.co/YWWJtW3L0h— Rob McMillin (@scareduck) April 10, 2018
Ooops.