I agree strongly, but 2 things
1) I've come across UK people who genuinely don't want the NHS because they don't want to have to pay for other people (when they believe that they would get better private care). Granted these people are Mail-reading, selfish twunts, but they do exist.
2) I think that one of the greatest things about the NHS is that it's non-discriminatory, which is why I worry about the idea of making decisions based on if the person is an alcoholic, smoker, or drug addict.
I know neither of these points are really to do with the tune (which is awesome), but it's what it made me think of.
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shk is always cool and calm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 0:39,
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good points non the less though
I cant believe people who don't want the NHS. The very fact that prescriptions are so cheap makes things so much easier for so many people.
In this country you don't have to put off going to the docs. Its amazing in my book. Also the staff in the NHS are still on the whole better paid than the staff in America (even if alot of nurses here are woefully underpaid).
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Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Mon 19 Apr 2010, 0:57,
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nurese get more in thestates.
so do doctors. so i'm confused that you're saying that the wages are better here.
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tickle I was away, Tue 20 Apr 2010, 16:54,
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Erm, prescriptions over here aren't "cheap"...
But I can understand why we have to pay a standard fee regardless of the cost of the actual drug. Usually it wouldn't bother me at all (cos those who can afford it pay more for it to pay for the ones who can't afford it), but when Wales pay NOTHING and Scotland are due to have their costs abolished by 2011 then you have to wonder wub-teh-eff is we the only country in the UK still paying?
Having been on prescribed drugs since the age of 9 I often wonder why I'm not allowed to request what drugs I'd like as well. I mean, it's not like I'd just prescribe myself Tramodol. I need Ventolin too.
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Less in wages?
I make 24.66 pounds an hour after taxes. However, I have 25 years experience and have specialized training and 2 university degrees. What do nurses get over there?
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