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Originally Posted by ozzie
After falling over and breaking my left wrist on Wednesday and having it plastered yesterday at the hospital, that will not cost me anything, and I don't have private insurance, the xrays were taken at the surgery, and then the Dr sent me to the hospital, Had to wait about 3 hours but that was quick compared to how long some of the patients were waiting for in emergency.
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Yes, but you have socialized medicine over there, that could never happen here, just look at the chaos that the so called Obamacare is causing...
Here everything is on a state-by-state basis, and a centralized medical system is unfeasible, IMO...
Plus... it wasn't *really* free, you pay it out of your taxes... when we lived there, we paid 49% of income in taxes...
Some people in the US would raise hell if they had to pay taxes so everyone can have medical care, LOL!