Socialized medicine

[George Boyer]

Hey!! Way to go, you guys!!  George Boyer.

Michael WILKINS wrote:

>Hello Wayne and all,
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>I've noticed a lot of activity on the list of late regarding all the changes
>in medicare, funding and insurance reimbursment.  Someone made a fleeting
>comment about socialized medicine which I found rather irritating.
>Something to the effect that one has a right to care, but it may not be the
>right care or the best care.  I am not quoting exactly but the gist of the
>comment is there.
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>My husband and  I moved to the United Kingdom last year for a number of
>reasons, one of them being I could no longer continue to do  my well paid
>and well insured job physically. No job, no insurance except cobra which
>cost over 750 dollars a month.  On top of that Michael needed a new set of
>prosthetics. Double above knee bilateral legs cost about 50 grand or so. The
>co-payment would have been outrageous. Like most Americans we had heard all
>the horror stories about the dreaded socialized medicine, so we were more
>than curious to see how "truly awful" it would be.
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>Michael had his first appointment at the Artificial Limb Center in Swansea
>yesterday.  We were astounded by the reception and attention he got.  They
>almost never see a bilateral above knee amputee who not only wants to walk
>but wants to get back on horseback!  The entire team  of doctors, physical
>terrorists, leg makers and tech folks surrounded him and made the immediate
>decision to call in the top expert in leg design in the country to give him
>the best set of legs they can.  Not bad for a start anyway.
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>We'll wait and see what the final results are.  We'll keep you posted.
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>LaRae
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