Yessiree that UK socialized medicine is great!

[Tero]

Ban chain saws. Leave them to the Canadians and Finns.

[rachelbean]

As a u.s. citizen and a permanent resident of the UK, I just want to say I love the NHS

Of course you do, because somebody else is paying for it.

I pay for it. It comes out of my paycheck every month.

[pErvinalia]

Seth made a mistake. He meant to demonise the poor, but forgot that you are employed in a good paying job. Seth, I get 'free' healthcare here. You can demonise me big fella!

[FBM]

Also, the article makes it sound like the bloke had his arm half chopped off. It also says it took only ten stitches to close, so I had a look at the one of the photos supplied. Serious? I think not. And why did it take at least several weeks for some hack journo to come up with this bit of "news"?

I wouldn't even waste a doctor's time with something that trivial. Obviously a hawked-up story. One little pseudo- story, meanwhile millions are treated satisfactorily every day. In the US, a doctor would turn away a case like that simply if the person didn't have health insurance. Or that used to be the case.

[MrJonno]

I pay for it. It comes out of my paycheck every month.

Paycheck you don't go no paycheck!, its wages or salary this is England!!!!

[FBM]

At the very least, paycheque.

[Ayaan]

Why is it that if a doctor or medical facility in a country with socialized medicine acts badly it is the fault of the system? Yet, if a doctor or hospital in the US acts badly, it's just an example of a "bad" doctor or some money-grubbing bureaucrat with no compassion?

I'm sure there is some perfectly logical answer, but it is 3:17 am here and I'm on pain meds.

[MrJonno]

Why is it that if a doctor or medical facility in a country with socialized medicine acts badly it is the fault of the system? Yet, if a doctor or hospital in the US acts badly, it's just an example of a "bad" doctor or some money-grubbing bureaucrat with no compassion?

I'm sure there is some perfectly logical answer, but it is 3:17 am here and I'm on pain meds.

Depends really on whether its a bad decision by a doctor or not a decision a doctor is allowed to make.

It's not always a clear distinction

[Ayaan]

Why is it that if a doctor or medical facility in a country with socialized medicine acts badly it is the fault of the system? Yet, if a doctor or hospital in the US acts badly, it's just an example of a "bad" doctor or some money-grubbing bureaucrat with no compassion?

I'm sure there is some perfectly logical answer, but it is 3:17 am here and I'm on pain meds.

Depends really on whether its a bad decision by a doctor or not a decision a doctor is allowed to make.

It's not always a clear distinction

True. However, I think we can agree that no matter what the system is, there will be issues ranging from minor careless errors to major malpractice. I seriously doubt that many of those issues are due to how the bills get paid.

[MrJonno]

Doctor's 'screw' up all the time as quite simply medicine is at least partly an art form as well as a science. A tissue sample doesn't go ping when put under a cancer detecting machine, someone has to have a look at the tissue and make an at least partly subjective decision

[Clinton Huxley]

The govt wants to privatise the NHS. A drip-drip of negative stories is part of the plan.

[Tero]

Ban 62 year old going up ladders with chain saws. Trees can be cut down and replanted.

[rachelbean]

I pay for it. It comes out of my paycheck every month.

Paycheck you don't go no paycheck!, its wages or salary this is England!!!!

Well, no, this is Wales, but fine...it comes out of my wages

[Svartalf]

Same here, I pay for Sécurité Sociale out of my pension

[MrJonno]

Well, no, this is Wales, but fine...it comes out of my wages

Fair enough they speak funny there