My recent experience of the UK National Health Service (long post)

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Despite the serious overall state the UK NHS finds itself in, it is still admired/envied in many parts of the world.

That's what my local MP (Foreign Secretary) keeps telling me

Although I agree with you I pity you your (not maybe yours) choice of MP.

Milliband is a ****.

As for professional freeloaders, well the freeloader is a risk you take with national health care and benefit systems, however I think you will find they make up a small number of claimants.

I also have to disagree with statements about why you shouldn't have to pay for people who make no contribution.

What about someone who was in gainful employment (the majority of the population) who due to the recent crisis has lost their job. So for the time they are out of work they don't make contributions. If they are like most people they will be looking for work and eventually find work, thus they start making contributions again.

You see that is why we pay taxes and National Insurance over here in hte UK. I know that I have paid my way so if things go to rat**** I have contributed along with the majority of people to the safety net that is there if I should need it. Therefore I do not begrudge paying my taxes. True they need to crack down on freeloaders and in the UK they are starting to.

I do agree however you can make money out of being sick, but there are ways to crackdown. They are starting that here, and yes it is unpopular, but only amongst those who know they will be busted.

However on balance I am glad we have an NHS. BTW I don't see what being a Christian really has to do with it all.