Hey Americans: Why are y'all against free healthcare?
Why are you happy for your taxes to go to firemen and police and roads but when it comes to universal healthcare you can't stand the idea of putting money in the pot?
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As someone from the UK who has (as well as his family past and present) enjoyed the privilege of the National Health Service, I can say hand on heart it is far from perfect, mainly because it's a victim of it's own considerable and invaluable success since it's inception in 1947/8.
If you have ever had any medical procedure, it's probably had it's origins or development in the UK.
If anyone has any questions or wants misconceptions (And crap about 'death panels is in that) putting to rest please feel free to PM me.
If anyone thinks the US debacle with insurance companies deciding if you even qualify to be treated has a perverse idea what a health service should be.
