eye95
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We lived in Denmark for three years. We "adopted" one of the younger troops who married a local. They and their two children now live in the US and are our dearest friends.
Anyway, her mother and father still live in Denmark, with centrally-planned medical care. No one is denied care. Everyone (except for the governmental elite) gets the same level of care: crappy.
The step father, a few years ago started getting severe headaches. His doctor (well, the one that was on duty when he went to the clinic) suspected a tumor and ordered a cat-scan. Four and a half months later, long after any tumor would have become incurable, he got his scan. Thankfully, it wasn't a tumor.
He is now experiencing chest pains. He tried to call the on duty doctor. Due to budget cutbacks, there was no doctor on duty. They said they'd send an ambulance and transport him to the hospital so that, when a doctor came on duty, he'd be seen. Oops, more budget cutbacks, no ambulance in Viborg. That's OK; they'll send one from Karup, 30 minutes away.
He is in the hospital now, being monitored by the nurses. The doctor will see him in the morning.
This is what you get when decision making is taken away from the the consumer and the provider, and given to bureaucrats: You get what they believe is "fair" and "good enough" care, based upon "available" resources.
Anyway, her mother and father still live in Denmark, with centrally-planned medical care. No one is denied care. Everyone (except for the governmental elite) gets the same level of care: crappy.
The step father, a few years ago started getting severe headaches. His doctor (well, the one that was on duty when he went to the clinic) suspected a tumor and ordered a cat-scan. Four and a half months later, long after any tumor would have become incurable, he got his scan. Thankfully, it wasn't a tumor.
He is now experiencing chest pains. He tried to call the on duty doctor. Due to budget cutbacks, there was no doctor on duty. They said they'd send an ambulance and transport him to the hospital so that, when a doctor came on duty, he'd be seen. Oops, more budget cutbacks, no ambulance in Viborg. That's OK; they'll send one from Karup, 30 minutes away.
He is in the hospital now, being monitored by the nurses. The doctor will see him in the morning.
This is what you get when decision making is taken away from the the consumer and the provider, and given to bureaucrats: You get what they believe is "fair" and "good enough" care, based upon "available" resources.