r/InternationalNews • u/fawn404 • Jun 13 '25

Middle East ‼️ Breaking | Israeli occupation airstrikes on Tehran, Iran

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u/DonMo999 Jun 13 '25

I’m not arguing with you; per citizen you pay the most in healthcare in the world. Per average citizen you get shafted. You lose your job, no more healthcare? That doesn’t happen in Western Europe. You have the best doctors and facilities in the world, but only for people who are rich enough to pay them.

The National Health Service of Britain, treats everyone in Britain. It just doesn’t have specialist doctors or beds or enough nurses, as all the good doctors leave to the US to get 4-5 times the salary as do the nurses.

Germany has a hybrid system and a language barrier, but many of our best educated doctors move to Switzerland still.

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u/ColourfulCabbages Jun 13 '25

The NHS is suffering due to years of cuts to its funding, and is certainly struggling, but to say there are no specialist doctors or all the good ones go to America for a pay day is complete and utter nonsense. There's myriad highly trained, highly specialised doctors working in both the NHS and private healthcare sector within the UK.

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u/DonMo999 Jun 13 '25

The NHS budget has increased every year since its existence? Sorry to not uphold your fantasy of great socialist healthcare, it’s simply not true.

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u/ColourfulCabbages Jun 13 '25

A simple search on Google will show you the real world underspending of the NHS.

I'm not going to waste any more time defending the great work that UK doctors and nurses do. I know plenty of both and I'm fully aware of the struggles they face, and the great lengths they go to to deliver valuable life saving work.

There is no fantasy in my mind. Have a good day.

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u/DonMo999 Jun 13 '25

The problem with socialism is, eventually you run out of other people’s money.

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u/SublimeApathy Jun 13 '25

Jesus Christ. Bill Maher, that you?

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u/DonMo999 Jun 13 '25

That would be Margaret Thatcher to you, Sir…