On 18.10.13 16:56, andy pugh wrote: > My dad is 73. He got a new knee last year. He went to the doctor with > knee trouble, the doctor said "you need a new knee", he got a new knee > a few months later. That was it, no bills to pay, no having to argue a > case with anyone.
The rest of the world sympathises with the old in America, and shakes its head in disbelief at the "we have jobs, so we have health care, so you go hop" philosophy which has just shut the country down, I figure. Here in Australia it's similar to UK. My 84 yo mother had two hip replacements at no cost beyond some months of waiting because she had no health insurance. (It's free for pensioners.) Recently she fell and busted one implant half out of the end of the tibia. Surgery to reinforce the bone, and a couple of months in hospital - no cost. (If you're affluent, then you pay, though. It's about equalising access.) Erik -- Raging bushfires already, just 6 weeks after winter's end. Is it global warming? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-18/communities-of-winmalee-springwood-shattered-by-fire/5032736 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-17/worst-bushfire-emergency-in-a-decade/5029908 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-18/father-tells-of-trauma-faced-by-volunteer-firefighter/5030864 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
