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I used to be a big fan of the NHS but there are hospitals I would dread going in to now.  The old wards used to be good, the nurses could see all the patients.  Now there's a lot of new hospitals designed so that the nurses can't see the patients from their station.  They have also given the nurses a lot more paperwork and the job doesn't attract the caliber of people it used to.  Patients have a button to call a nurse but if they're confused or can't reach it, that's useless.  When a relative was recently in hospital, I was shocked how standards have changed.  There's still some very good nurses but if a patient can't get their attention, they are in for a bad time.  The food in one hospital was disgusting, perhaps one of the reasons why my relative lost a lot of weight.  I thing it's disgraceful that they are giving food to sick people that healthy people would find inedible.

Now I would like to see the NHS being used just for the poorest in society.  If the majority of people paid medical insurance, I think standards would have to be much higher.  It wont happen though, any government that privatised most of the NHS would lose the next election and it would be re-nationalised.

For people that are out of work in the U.S. I doubt they consider the insurance fee small....only when it is paid by an employer it could be considered small. Don't understand that kind of system at all. Here you get first class medical care whether you are poor or rich, working or not working - it is considered a basic human right.

Also, what do you mean by it would have costed a fortune in Sweden? Overnight hospital stays do carry a charge...but it is like SEK90 per day, 3x90kr = 270kr or $40 is hardly a fortune?

...Oh by the way, 2 years ago, my dentist gave me,  three implants, at 1100, bucks a piece:  3300 dollars. Not cheap.

For people that are out of work in the U.S. I doubt they consider the insurance fee small....only when it is paid by an employer it could be considered small. Don't understand that kind of system at all. Here you get first class medical care whether you are poor or rich, working or not working - it is considered a basic human right.

Gotta side with CarlssonInc. on this one.  Christian, not sure where you got the idea that insurance premiums are "small" here in the US.  We (hubby and I) pay substantially more each month to our health insurance company than we pay on our mortgage!  Plus we get the pleasure of paying a copay for every doctor visit and every prescription.  And every year the cost goes up, and the things they cover become fewer.  

It's.....what's the word I'm looking for...... Oh yeah:  UNSUSTAINABLE.

I think the hotshots are really good this month. In fact I rated many of them. I didn't realize "Doctor" was in your long list of self-proclaimed accomplishments Christian ;-)

Thats an insult!  not like you!  read my post. Not doctor but Vet!  there is a differance you know, the doctor is for people, a vet or veterinary surgeon takes care of animals.

Thats an insult!  not like you!  read my post. Not doctor but Vet!  there is a differance you know, the doctor is for people, a vet or veterinary surgeon takes care of animals.

I thought you became a doctor when you retired as a footballer before going on to become an astronaut and then winning the Nobel peace prize. I'm sure that was in one of your earlier posts.

Well Christian, you have certainly livened up this thread and kept us all entertained

- His personality is so magnetic, he is unable to carry credit cards.
- His words carry weight that would break a less interesting mans jaw.
- His blood smells like cologne.
- If he were to mail a letter without postage, it would still get there.

- His personality is so magnetic, he is unable to carry credit cards.
- His words carry weight that would break a less interesting mans jaw.
- His blood smells like cologne.
- If he were to mail a letter without postage, it would still get there.

Like I said, he is... the most interesting man in the world!