Colombia's system isn't even particularly good but people of any income level here can take their kid to get checked out at the hospital for fevers and coughs without a second thought
It honestly shook me to experience that. People can just... go to the doctor? I dropped a piece of furniture on my foot and thought I might have broken it and with my US-traumatized brain I was still like, nah we don't need to go to the ER let's just see how this plays out
I've personally never had a bad experience with the NHS in the UK. When I needed surgery it was less than a month between diagnosis and the surgery itself and I wasn't dying from it. When I broke my leg, they put all the bits of bones back in the right place, it healed back perfectly despite them thinking there may be permanent damage and the hospital food during my week long stay was actually pretty good. The staff are overworked, but the bedside manner wasn't bad, and across maybe six serious visits to hospital I only paid about £10 in parking fees.
This is how Anglo chuds think healthcare works. The truth is, none of them are fast, good, or cheap. Also, the PCM colors are just decroded.
As a disabled person, Western healthcare is abysmal and reactionary.
The rich in the US get great healthcare. Parenti has a good discussion on this in Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies incidentally.
the rich everywhere get great healthcare. Even in UK there are private healthcare options for specialists
fair
Though almost all of the serious stuff gets given back to the NHS. Private surgery is very hard to get.
It's "good" if you can afford it
Colombia's system isn't even particularly good but people of any income level here can take their kid to get checked out at the hospital for fevers and coughs without a second thought
It honestly shook me to experience that. People can just... go to the doctor? I dropped a piece of furniture on my foot and thought I might have broken it and with my US-traumatized brain I was still like, nah we don't need to go to the ER let's just see how this plays out
I've personally never had a bad experience with the NHS in the UK. When I needed surgery it was less than a month between diagnosis and the surgery itself and I wasn't dying from it. When I broke my leg, they put all the bits of bones back in the right place, it healed back perfectly despite them thinking there may be permanent damage and the hospital food during my week long stay was actually pretty good. The staff are overworked, but the bedside manner wasn't bad, and across maybe six serious visits to hospital I only paid about £10 in parking fees.
It's how it should work for everyone everywhere.