jducoeur

I think that's definitely a ymmv thing. I know someone in England who is very happy with the care she's received from the NHS over the years. When her kids were small, she said that she was sure they were better off - they couldn't afford much in the way of private health care and would have often just skipped the doctor visit instead of paying out of pocket if they lived in the US. I'm happy with the private care with have here (a PPO, doctors at Harvard Vanguard) but it costs us many thousands of dollars a year for the three of us. Most people in the US (or anywhere) can't pay that kind of money.