It's only an anecdote. If you really want to compare than you should look at the numbers. The infant mortaly rate in the U.S. is 6.3 as compared to 4.8 in the UK.
If you are an expecting mother your baby hasa much greater chance of surviving if you live in the UK. On 21 Dec, 01:38, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > From the UK comes yet another precautionary tale of socialized > medicine — the story of the aptly named Angela Breeds: > > An expectant mother of twins was ferried 250 miles between four > hospitals only to have her babies separated as soon as they were > delivered. > > Angela Breeds, 30, was told she needed a Caesarean section when > doctors found one of her unborn babies was too small and not getting > enough nutrition. > > But what should have been the most thrilling moment of her life > turned into a five-day ordeal because the hospitals either did not > have the right scanning equipment or the incubators. > > Doctors finally performed the Caesarean and delivered Suzie and > Sonny nine weeks early. But then Sonny had to be moved to another > hospital five minutes after birth - again because of incubator > shortages. > > Miss Breeds and her partner, Lee Taylor, 35, are now getting up at > 5am every day to take breast milk to the babies at each hospital. > > At least the medical care is free — unless you count the staggering > level of taxation required to support it. > > Of course, socialized medicine will work much more efficiently when > it's imposed in the USA, because we'll have geniuses like Nancy Pelosi > to see that it's administrated properly. They're doing a marvelous job > with the rest of the economy. > > http://www.moonbattery.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
