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People who don't live in the United States: Do you enjoy your health insurance/coverage?

Do you have a single payer system? A public option? How do you feel about the taxes you pay to support this system? Would you trade this insurance for privatized health insurance? Is there a high rate of people traveling to the U.S. to get their medical attention? Under which circumstances? And anything else you can use to describe how it is in your country. What advice could you have given to the United States during the healthcare reform controversy....for those of you who do not know, we had privatized insurance industries. President Obama seemed to at first hint at a single-payer system, then he went for the public option, then the P.O. was basically kicked to the curb after quite a bit of weeping and gnashing of teeth, especially from the politicians. What say you? @BikerChick - I'm thankful for your husband's service, and I'm glad that your family has squared away a beneficial health plan, but I could care less about your opinions on the president. I'd rather have a president who attempts to give ALL Americans the benefits your family enjoys, rather than one who smiles and nods while people DIE because of their financial situation.. Not everyone in this country is a veteran.

Public Comments

1. I like our system it has faults but so does every system. Its about £5 a week but that covers other services as well as health care. There are some problems with it bu there are virtually no people going to the USA for treatment. maybe 20 or 30 a year if that The nice thing about our system is it started after world war 2 when the government said if we are all gong to fight as one then we should take care of the sick as one. if everyone fights then everyone deserves healthcare The NHS is a vital part of being British we can say that no matter how poor you are if you live in britain and you get cancer you will recieve the treatment you need if it were taken away there would be a revolution What i would say about the USA is that theres nothing evil about wanting everyone to have healthcare Its weird because you dont have police insurance or fire department insurance you have free schools but when it comes to using that same system for healthcare its considered evil communism If america doesmt want an NHS you should go with the Japanese system they have health insurance but the government offers a cheap option therefore the companies cant charge whatever they like they have to compete with the government plan. unlike the USa where Companies can just do whatever they want
2. My husband is a retired disabled Veteran, his lifetime almost free medical benefits were part of his retirement agreement to keep him from suing the pants off of the Navy. NO, I would not give those up for anything. I LOATH everything about Obama, and I KNOW his health care "reform" is a bunch of cr**. It will do nothing more than put the screws on the middle class even more.
3. to be honest with you . where i was born health insurance was called to be free, and supposedly we all had and have it for free. But there were and still are many unwritten laws that the government did not say. And that is that even though it is supposed to be free, if you did not pay the doctor anything, it was very likely, that she or he would act like your not there, and not give you the right advice on your health problems. There is no lights inside the hospitals in my country, it is extremely dirty, and most kids die there at birth because of very low pre natal care. So, even though in America you have to pay a lot of money for insurance ( tooo much unfortuantely) it is the best medical system ever. The hospitals here are like palaces compared to other places in the world. I know this from experience. I like the system here much more, except for the high prices. But besides that, it is very clean and i feel much more safe here then in my country when it comes to health.