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Which do you think would be best for Healthcare in the US?

Having to pay for health insurance to ensure treatment or having a system like the UK where you pay National Insurance weekly from your wages to pay towards it?
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Goralski · 51-55, M
Uk of course....Cause its working out so wonderfully for that poor baby
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
@Goralski: It would be working a whole lot better if we stopped wasting money on Brexit and Trident.
Goralski · 51-55, M
@RoboChloe: money has nothing to do with not allowing the parents to take him to the US for experimental treatment or to even take him home to die in Peace
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
@Goralski: That's a legal issue, not an NHS issue.
Goralski · 51-55, M
@RoboChloe: of course it is ..their death panel is making the decision
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
@Goralski: You act as if the doctors' medical opinion would change if they were American. That's not how it works. The reason the baby isn't being allowed to leave is because of the legal procedure in the UK, which is neither a part of the NHS, nor a necessary part of a social healthcare implementation. Therefore, it is irrelevant to the question at hand.
Goralski · 51-55, M
@RoboChloe: and what legal procedure are you talking about... I'm not being a smart ass I really wanna know
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
@Goralski: When there is a dispute between parents and doctors on the medical care of a child or baby, the dispute goes to court. There, a Judge will determine the best course of action for the patient.
Goralski · 51-55, M
@RoboChloe: exactly.... The best course of action is letting him die😕
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
@Goralski: According to a Judge, not the institution of Social Healthcare.
Goralski · 51-55, M
@RoboChloe: exactly
RoboChloe · 26-30, F
@Goralski: I'm a bit confused, in truth. your original statement, "Uk of course....Cause its working out so wonderfully for that poor baby", implies that it's the "UK system", implicitly social healthcare, that isn't working out for the "poor baby". But as I've attemted to explain, that's not the case, it is in fact the fault of the legal system associated with care disputes for children, which is a separate issue entirely from whether Social Healthcare is better than Private.