Source: *news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7833290.stm
BBC North America editor Justin Webb spares a thought for the 15% of Americans without health insurance, after his son needed hospital treatment - and the bills started arriving in the post.
The US spends about $2 trillion (£1.37 trillion) per year on health Washington Children's Hospital could easily be part of the British National Health System. The staff are helpful enough, but brusque and overworked.
There is a lot of waiting. The lifts do not all function.
Read On......
For those of you who find this article surprising I strongly recommend that you watch Sicko. Details here: *www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/
BBC North America editor Justin Webb spares a thought for the 15% of Americans without health insurance, after his son needed hospital treatment - and the bills started arriving in the post.
The US spends about $2 trillion (£1.37 trillion) per year on health Washington Children's Hospital could easily be part of the British National Health System. The staff are helpful enough, but brusque and overworked.
There is a lot of waiting. The lifts do not all function.
Read On......
For those of you who find this article surprising I strongly recommend that you watch Sicko. Details here: *www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/
