Omelet > wrote in newsmpomelet-CAD5C6.03053605062010
@news-wc.giganews.com:


>>
>>
>> But even people on an 'average' wage over here can afford health
>> insurance. They have different levels = different premiums.
>
> Ps, the other advantage is that waiting times are a LOT LOT shorter.
> Dad has VA benefits which are run by the government. He had to wait 18
> months for cataract surgery so spent several months totally blind.



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>
> 9 months for hernia surgery. Had to lay down on the bed a couple of
> times per day to tuck his guts back in thru the body wall and as a
> result, the surgery was more drastic.



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Once again Om, we have vast differences in care.

Here, we have 'VA benefits'...... it's called a "Gold Card".

You need something done, you go see a Dr/Specialist..... and it's done
ASAP.

If a Vet had to wait 18 months for surgery, for *anything*, there would be
a shitstorm.


The longest I've had to wait is 3 weeks...... and that was mainly because
the specialist dates for surgery 'interfered' with what I had planned in
the coming weeks.


>
> Private health care would have had him taken care of a lot sooner.
>
> Government care kills.


In the US.


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