Is the NHS more effective than the US health system in meeting the needs of their citizens?

Question

The National Healthcare Service is more effective than the US healthcare system in meeting the needs of their citizens: how fair is this claim?

Are there any sources (books, articles, net) that can help me to answer this question?

Answer 1

I don't know where you can find your source material. All I can tell you is that every experience that I have ever had with the National Health Service has been very positive.

Two years ago on New Year Eve my boyfriend, who has a nut allergy, had a massive anaphylactic reaction after eating a kebab.

His heart stopped and he turned blue.

Thank God my neighbour is a nurse and with her husband managed to keep him alive while we waited for the ambulance.

The paramedics were fantastic and brought him back to life 4 times. After which his treatment in A & E and on the ward were fantastic.

I'm sure all this could have happened in the U.S. but the thing I want to stress is that:

AT NO TIME DID ANYONE ASK FOR HIS HEALTH INSURANCE DETAILS OR WHETHER HE COULD AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE TREATMENT!

I spent 6 weeks in hospital, as a child, with rheumatic fever AND NO ONE ASKED IF I HAD HEALTH INSURANCE.

How was it all paid for? By socialised healthcare. My mum and dad paid national insurance contributions all their lives and so have I.

At a time when everyone in the country (U.K.) seems to think that we are in meltdown mode, I rejoice at the existence of the N.H.S., something of which we can all be very proud.