Sunday, July 14, 2019

Branko Milanovic - In praise of the British NHS

I don't know how to copy tweets along with their photos and videos yet, but here is a text copy of a Branko Milanovic tweet.

It's sometimes said that Branko is very pro free markets and doesnt like socialism, hmmm! 

I went for a scan recently and I said I to the receptionist that I had forgotten the paperwork. The centre was a 15 minute walk away from where I lived. The receptionist said it doesn't matter and just asked for my name and address and then told me to take a seat. Within ten minutes I was scanned, which didn't take long, and then I was off home again.

No paperwork, nothing to sign, no insurance to worry about, no money problems about whether I could afford this or not - just straight forward, relaxed, and easy. 

In praise of the British NHS.   

My friend (not a UK national) fell and badly injured his head in London. He was picked up by the ambulance within 5 minutes, was attended by three doctors and several nurses, had a scan done, his injury was stitched...and was charged zero (0).

2 comments:

Elwood Anderson said...

Go to this link to see his tweet and all the other tweets about European health care experiences. And, the bottom line is, it costs half of what US health care costs. What's not to like?
https://twitter.com/BrankoMilan/status/1150158315172900864

Brian Romanchuk said...

To get tweets, go to the share/embed option to get html that can be pasted in.