Originally posted by Dan Nixon:
...I do not want French or Canadian heathcare



I've seen the French socialized healthcare system firsthand in the late '90s when I had to drag a friend into the emergency ward due to the beginnings of pneumonia.

Their "state of the art" facility was a scene out of a vetrenarian clinic of the 1960s. In addition to this, it took 6 hours to get a hold of a doctor who could properly diagnose the symptoms and perscribe what was needed.

This was with a native acting as a translator speaking in fluent French telling them that it was a respiratory issue.

There is also a reason that if anything serious happens, most expatriates try to make it Stateside for treatment. Numerous diplomats and embassy folks that I interfaced with in Spain said it was FAR better to try and get treatment at military bases than anywhere else in Europe (if you had the option available), and better yet, to get back home.

The US healthcare system isn't perfect and does need some serious adjustment done to the malpractice and procedure side of it, but God is it head and shoulders above what most other countries have.

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