[ksilty]

Originally Posted by spacenurse

Military healthcare and the Veterans Administration hospitals and clinics are government run.
I am very happy to pay taxes to provide healthcare for soldiers and their families.
It needs to be expanded and improved.

Because both my father and husband are retired military, I have spent most of my life in military healthcare. It is a fine system that has never denied me adequate care. It is also no-frills and cost-effective, so a lot of the American public would not be happy with it. Any time I am told that something is not covered, I am disappointed - but then I realize that, although it may be something I want, it is not necessarily something I need. I would like to see all of us in this system, but the average healthcare consumer is very spoiled.

[ksilty]

Originally Posted by MBANurse

Well I would be pleasntly surpised if they didn't. But non-citizens that do not pay taxes are generally not entitled to the benefits provided to the tax paying citizenry.

Except in this country...........

[pickledpepperRN]

I did two weeks registry staff relief in ICU at a Navr hospital.
Although the system was very different I was impressed with the high quality and considerate care.

The charge nurse anticipated my questions and explained so much to me in a very short time. An example was the scope of practice for medics. There is no counterpart in civilian facilities.

I think it would take a lot of education before Americans agree to their system. I want to know more.