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Better to have fought and lost than to have never fought at all. Nurses in the Australian state of Victoria went on strike and delivered improvements both for themselves and their patients. Perhaps you can explain how, if patient care is being compro...

No problems happy to share my experience and/or knowledge. Re the Conservatives, they know that "fear of the unknown" works for some, as well as underlying belief that the private sector is good, state bad. On the last point, as poorly paid public...

Why don't you provide your qualifications and experience that allow you to doubt the content of the wiki links supplied. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx If you have any queries, maybe you should do your own res...

I don't have much time, so I'll address these two paragraphs, if you have answered these points in the rest of your post then accept my apologises. Which part of the wikipedia entries do you think inaccurate? As someone who lives in the UK (or Englan...

Howabout we get the terminology right for the systems used in Europe? We have two systems, the "Beveridge" system (loosely used to refer to tax based systems), and the "Bismarckian" which is based around a plethora of competing insurance organisation...

1) Quality costs, tell that to 1.2 million who have losted their jobs and healthcare insurance in the past few months. 2) I would guess more americans come over here to get heathcare for free than those we sent over for paid healthcare. 3) i'll let ...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24652940-5017906,00.html

In theory but in practice you hear of the senior nurses being downgraded, especially since DoH fouled up on GP and consultant payrises Public symapthy doesn't pay the bills. Irish nurses are more than happy to give it up for a decent payrises and i...

Not sure our pay can be levelled to that, the RCN been campaigning for decent pay for four decades. Any analysis could say it's down to the gender make up, the no or effectively no strike clause it's has as well as other reasons. if we copied nurses ...

Really! most reports i read from americans about the us model make me glad that their an ocean separating me from it. if their is a god, thank you!

Really, my experience is that the private sector provides services that cost more and are poorer than when run by the State. And i cannot think of too many private sector healthcare providers who pay more than the nhs!

Well, reading another forum on healthcare, one of ther posters said that when she switched insurance companies when pregnant, the company refused to cover that costs as it was a pre-existing condition. wouldn't happen here in the uk!

Well here in the uk that major private sector companies have one thing in common, sack the little guy or reduce the terms and conditions they work under and then you discover that the CEO has seen a massive pay-rise. can you be sure it won't happen w...

The best five healthcare systems in Europe could be said to be a mixture.

Can you explain how the current system which includes thousands looking for excuses to avoid paying out treatment going to be less than a uhc system? maybe you should demonstrate the administrative costs for the systems in europe as you'll find they ...

Could someone explain what meant by "timed out", "deductible and copays?

Not sure I understand your point? If it's because your "schools of nursing" are oversubscripted then what has that got to do with a UHC system? Even in Canada they have to turn away suitable candidates from a number of schools. To me that screams out...

No socialism beats US healthcare every time. You may have more toys but what we do with ours deliver healthcare indices that beat the US in more areas. I pay into a pot rather than a insurance companies coffers, so I'll get a return on that investm...

uhc also amplifies all the solutions. the first question asked of a patient isn't do you have insurance, it's what troubling you. prescriptions in the uk for many are something you have to pay a fixed fee for, more of than not higher than many otc w...

The cost of UHC in the UK comes straight from the pot of taxes collected so it's linked directly to your income and how much you purchase of goods that have tax attached to them. Healthcare delayed beats healthcare denied. Insurance companies ONLY ...

No it's not. BUPA is not part of the government and many employers subscribe to this organisation so its employees can get healthcare from them. The NHS also contracts in additional capacity from the private hospitals and healthcare providers we ha...

Don't believe CEOs anywhere, when it comes money or healthcare!

I don't know what been said in the thread but as someone who lives and works in a universal healthcare system I'd like to say a few things. 1) Everytime we have attempts to change things for the better, the conservatives come up with one or more kind...