Comments on: HEALTH CARE: U.S. VERSUS U.K. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/09/23/health-care-us-versus-uk/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/09/23/health-care-us-versus-uk/#comment-325108 Marc Brown Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:35:54 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/09/23/health-care-us-versus-uk/#comment-325108 Come on - she's comparing a private doctor's office with a large public hospital. A better comparison would be with one of your large hospitals - like the one in New York where that woman was left to die on the waiting room floor. As for 'falling through the cracks' - many millions of Americans already have! As she says: 'When I got sick I wasn’t afraid to call the doctor because of money. I was run through myriad tests and attended to by a fleet of nurses and doctors. I am now fully better. I can and do make appointments at my neighborhood doctor’s office a five-minute walk from my house, without ever having to worry about being bankrupted.' Come on - she’s comparing a private doctor’s office with a large public hospital. A better comparison would be with one of your large hospitals - like the one in New York where that woman was left to die on the waiting room floor. As for ‘falling through the cracks’ - many millions of Americans already have!

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‘When I got sick I wasn’t afraid to call the doctor because of money. I was run through myriad tests and attended to by a fleet of nurses and doctors. I am now fully better. I can and do make appointments at my neighborhood doctor’s office a five-minute walk from my house, without ever having to worry about being bankrupted.’

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