This did not stop ANYONE from eating certain things.
Unless they magically found more money, I guarantee that they'll eat less of it over time.
I also work in a healthcare-adjacent field, both for private and government funded doctors. I do see the difference. Not saying all gov ones such, but if you need something elaborate, you WILL have to go to private because they government only provides the basics and that's it. They won't go fancy on your ass.
For most-of-most-people's lives, they will not need urgent prodcedures. People might bitch and moan about waiting times for certain things, but the reason those waiting times are there is because, shock, a free service is serving more people than a service that is often very expensive.
If you feel you can't wait for the free service and have the money to go private, great! Good for you! Do it! But there are vastly more people who either can wait, can't pay, or, more often than not, both.
I lived in the US for 4 years. In that brief time I spent more money on healthcare than I have in the 28 years I have been in the UK, despite that fact that I have spent 2 weeks in an NHS hospital hooked up to oxygen, and approximately 6 hours in American ones.
I'm sure you can prove the results of it. I can't see it, I don't see it on the shopping habits of anyone I know. I also don't see people's general health being better since the introduction of it.
Again, I am against a nanny state trying to punish people and basically soft ban things. Either leave us alone OR try proper banning and see the reactions.
There is proof of promiscuity being bad for you. I want to soft punish people for it. Same for using computers/pones too much. Coffee and tea? Makeup and plastic surgery! International travel can be dangerous too. Pets in general, especially dogs and among those certain breeds. Extreme sports.
Can we fuck with everyone please? Life is deadly after all.
First of all, "free" healthcare is NOT free. A huge chunk of every paycheck I get goes to the government as a tax. To me it absolutely fucking isn't free. Maybe it is free for the illegals and welfare queens, but I sure as hell pay for it, even though I am healthy at this point in my life.
Define urgent. A heart issue you know is there, but you don't know what it is exactly and how bad it is should be considered urgent. Things causing you debilitating pain, limiting your movement, stopping you from living a full life (working, doing shit in your free time, playing with your kids, driving, etc.) should be urgent.
And it isn't. Is that whining to you? Because have never had to experience it, your state deteriorating very fast while you still have weeks to your surgery or treatment.
Let me guess, it's not urgent if I'm not bleeding out right now.
I am not going to dig around in your pocket, but I sure as hell wouldn't expect US taxpayers to pay for my health issues. Just like I did not do it living in Sweden, when I needed dental care. It was a fuckton of money, but at the same time I wasn't a taxpaying Swedish citizen.
Unless they magically found more money, I guarantee that they'll eat less of it over time.
For most-of-most-people's lives, they will not need urgent prodcedures. People might bitch and moan about waiting times for certain things, but the reason those waiting times are there is because, shock, a free service is serving more people than a service that is often very expensive.
If you feel you can't wait for the free service and have the money to go private, great! Good for you! Do it! But there are vastly more people who either can wait, can't pay, or, more often than not, both.
I lived in the US for 4 years. In that brief time I spent more money on healthcare than I have in the 28 years I have been in the UK, despite that fact that I have spent 2 weeks in an NHS hospital hooked up to oxygen, and approximately 6 hours in American ones.
I'm sure you can prove the results of it. I can't see it, I don't see it on the shopping habits of anyone I know. I also don't see people's general health being better since the introduction of it.
Again, I am against a nanny state trying to punish people and basically soft ban things. Either leave us alone OR try proper banning and see the reactions.
There is proof of promiscuity being bad for you. I want to soft punish people for it. Same for using computers/pones too much. Coffee and tea? Makeup and plastic surgery! International travel can be dangerous too. Pets in general, especially dogs and among those certain breeds. Extreme sports.
Can we fuck with everyone please? Life is deadly after all.
First of all, "free" healthcare is NOT free. A huge chunk of every paycheck I get goes to the government as a tax. To me it absolutely fucking isn't free. Maybe it is free for the illegals and welfare queens, but I sure as hell pay for it, even though I am healthy at this point in my life.
Define urgent. A heart issue you know is there, but you don't know what it is exactly and how bad it is should be considered urgent. Things causing you debilitating pain, limiting your movement, stopping you from living a full life (working, doing shit in your free time, playing with your kids, driving, etc.) should be urgent.
And it isn't. Is that whining to you? Because have never had to experience it, your state deteriorating very fast while you still have weeks to your surgery or treatment.
Let me guess, it's not urgent if I'm not bleeding out right now.
I am not going to dig around in your pocket, but I sure as hell wouldn't expect US taxpayers to pay for my health issues. Just like I did not do it living in Sweden, when I needed dental care. It was a fuckton of money, but at the same time I wasn't a taxpaying Swedish citizen.