Like government medicine?

Think we should have medical system like in the NHS in the UK? I wouldn't want to.

I am currently suffering from a weird condition causing me to cough like crazy. Yesterday I have called my doc and today went in for a check up. I got the checkup, the prescriptions and advice in less than 24 hours from making the decision to visit.

I'm also doing some research into my condition. On one of the forums where patients discuss their symptoms, what worked for them and what didn't, I stumble on this:

Haven't seen ENT specialist yet as I live in the UK and must wait about 4 months for an appointment

Are you fucking kidding me? 4 months? I could barely stand to wait a week with the kind of coughing I get. In 4 months I'd hang myself. So I guess UK standards of medicine aren't high enough for me.

Think Canada is good with healthcare?

http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/409192893/m/6640081051001?r=2370025051001#2370025051001

DISCLAIMER: Snopes diagnosis on this is "MIXED", meaning some things here are more likely to be true while some are not. You be the judge.

Subject: A letter from a Canadian.

Please take the time to read it so you can do whatever you
wish....research, verify, etc., but please read it.

I saw on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her
new health care plan. Something similar to what we have in Canada. I also
heard that Michael Moore was raving about the health care up here in Canada
in his latest movie. As your friend and someone who lives with the Canada
health care plan, I thought I would give you some facts about this great
medical plan that we have in Canada.
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RIP Paul Tibbets

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,769634,00.html

-- One last thing, when you hear people say, "Let's nuke 'em," "Let's nuke these people," what do you think?

-- Oh, I wouldn't hesitate if I had the choice. I'd wipe 'em out. You're gonna kill innocent people at the same time, but we've never fought a damn war anywhere in the world where they didn't kill innocent people. If the newspapers would just cut out the shit: "You've killed so many civilians." That's their tough luck for being there.