OK... I thought I was going to be able to write in feelings about National Health care on my facebook account. Wrong! Facebook only allows limited text...
Anyway... I wanted to share with you feedback on England's National Health care from one of my patients.
I saw an established patient of mine (she is 91 years old) in my clinic yesterday and the topic of health care (which is heavily debated right now) came up in our conversation. This woman is 'literally' scared of what is happening to our country.
She also told me that she has a neighbor who's husband was transferred to England last year. Shortly after their arrival, the woman developed an eye condition and wanted to see an Opthalmologist. The doctor's office told her that she had to be enrolled in England's National Health Care to be seen even though the lady was willing to pay cash. It took "6" weeks for her to get enrolled and another "6" weeks for her to be seen. (BTW the 'government' told her which doctor she had to go to which was not the original one she contacted.)
The after the lady was seen, she was told she needed to have surgery which took another "12" weeks. So from the day she initiated contact with a physician, it took "24" weeks, almost half a year to get treated.
After the surgery, she developed double vision and yes, it only took "2" weeks for her to get a follow-up. Frustrated, she came back to America, having to abandon her family and was able to see an Opthomologist within 72 HOURS after making an appointment. The patient had to undergo additional surgery to correct what was done by the surgeon in England, but she was able to go to surgery within 5 days.
This woman also relayed to my patient of a 70 year old man, a national of England, who was diagnosed with 'severe' degenerative joint disease of his knee. You know what he was told. "Let's take a couple of years and see if it gets better." What...???
So 'you' want a public health care plan???
"The journey of life is taken one step at a time... none of them should be painful." G.M. Barclay, DPM
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