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Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

FYI, an anecdote for anyone in the UK that is leaning towards abolishing your NHS.

I had an appendectomy last year, you know, a surgery that something like 40% of the population will need at some point in their lifetime.

It cost me $7000, with "decent" insurance.

The final bill pre-insurance was a smidge under $170.000.

You guys need to burn the Tories down before do get the same.

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Pronell@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I work for UHC.

I think they’re a decent company, considering the industry.

I’ve made a nice and fairly comfortable career here.

Burn it all down. Give everyone healthcare.

I’ll find another job.

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- IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  My girlfriend works for a private company instead of the NHS and she hates it on a moral level, too, but it’s impossible to work for the NHS and keep your sanity. Be it the working conditions, hours, or pay. It’s a shambles and it’s all because we - the stupid public - continue to be suckered into believing it’s good for us.
  
  Not to mention that the left is fractured. We all want progress, but can’t decide on exactly what progress should look like. Meanwhile conservatives only have 1 real option: Tories.
  
  I’m convinced at BEST we’re going to have another hung parliament with the bastards ultimately staying in power.
  
  This country is fucked.
  
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EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

An anecdote for anyone in the UK that is leaning towards abolishing or privatizing your NHS.

Fortunately that’s a vanishingly small number of people in the UK, the NHS has almost universal support.

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- Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That's good to hear. Now kick the Tories out & fund it properly.
  
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Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s so fucked up because not only are these assholes ruining another countries healthcare, they also are giving ammunition to our shithole country to never implement a universal healthcare system…

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- EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Which assholes are you talking about?
  
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  - Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    “Conservative” thieves, worldwide.
    
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  - Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The ones in the UK government trying to ruin the healthcare system so they can make a privatized system more “appealing.”
    
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