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Originally Posted by KevinW
i enjoyed reading your reply, which was interesting and informative, and I'm happy to stand corrected where in error. Then you lost it in the last paragraph, which is just insulting.
Have you ever been to England or Scotland (scotland has different healthcare provision to England and Wales) before and seen our system?
I think perhaps you have an issue with the word socialism.
I am not a socialist, btw, and nor is my country, regardless of who occupies No.10.
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It's doubtful that a Socialist would own a Cobra.....
Anyway, I've read sufficient material on the web to know that there are "socialist' issues with your health coverage system - for example....
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/...t_cancer_drug/
Women Denied Key Breast Cancer Drug
Posted on: Tuesday, 25 January 2005, 18:00 CST
WOMEN with breast cancer still face a postcode lottery over the prescribing of drugs, a damning new report revealed today.
London has some of the best and worst areas for receiving a drug called Herceptin - which can double the survival time for some women with advanced breast cancer.
Southwest London has the best record in the country for giving the drug to women, but north-east London is still among the worst, more than a year after the medicine's watchdog said everyone who is eligible should get it.
It means a woman diagnosed with breast cancer in Wimbledon is almost certain to get the drug, while another in Edmonton, just over 20 miles away, has a less than one in four chance of doing so.
The figures emerged in a report from the influential Public Accounts Committee which shows Britain lags behind the rest of Europe in survival rates.
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The figures emerged in a report from the influential Public Accounts Committee which shows Britain lags behind the rest of Europe in survival rates.
Therefore, no thanks to the English system. Denying women in Edmonton seems strange, at best. Picking who will live or not seems like not a good thing to place in the hands of government. I pray that America doesn't not take that route.