On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Jared ''Danger'' Earle <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10 Feb 2009, at 17:23, Charles Bennett wrote: > > I agree, but having the government set the standard lead to the UK > NHS, which by any objective standard is a disaster. > > Actually, most people that complain about the NHS do so comparing it to what > it was or should be. Any comparisons with the NHS (like the OECD > comparisons) always place the NHS significantly higher than the US system.
Indeed. There is a lot of griping about the UK NHS. When it was started and for a long time thereafter, it was "weltführend" (world-leading). Its still not at all shabby unless you compare it to the very very best - and as Jared says, its much better than the US system. Its always interesting to hear Chuck whinge about the standards in other countries. Perhaps he should go on a Wim Wenders style trans-US investigative trip. Maybe then he'll wake up to the level of poverty in vast swathes of the land of the free. _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
