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Wow. That sounds idyllic. I didn't know it was that good.
And bear in mind that the British health care system still only ranked 18th in the world!  

Just curious, where can I find that ranking? I want to see how good my country does (for the sake of ... nationalism?).

EDIT: Found the WTO one, but it's rather old, and some countries had a reform since then.

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I suppose if I were to mention a concern, it would be that America seems to have, at least from impressions given, a bit of an addiction to treatment. The reason things like the NHS work is because there are a lot of people in the UK who don't feel the need to take medication for every single ailment, whereas America, at least from impressions, is far more inclined towards chemical treatments for things like depression, over-activeness and a host of other psychological orders that could, with all respect, probably be dealt with far more efficiently without the use of chemicals. It seems that 'having a counsellor' seems to be almost required by a certain section of society.

It is actually a common tactic by drugs companies to take a common problem (for example, I have the tendency to walk around A LOT when waiting. it's called 'ice bear-ing' in the netherlands), give it another name ('restless feet') and act as if it is an disease. And then, sell drugs for it, as everybody seems to have it (Yes, anti-shyness drugs were made using that tactic).
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Re: The UK on US Healthcare
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I suppose if I were to mention a concern, it would be that America seems to have, at least from impressions given, a bit of an addiction to treatment. The reason things like the NHS work is because there are a lot of people in the UK who don't feel the need to take medication for every single ailment, whereas America, at least from impressions, is far more inclined towards chemical treatments for things like depression, over-activeness and a host of other psychological orders that could, with all respect, probably be dealt with far more efficiently without the use of chemicals.

A lot of that is because of advertising. Look on TV and for most shows theres always at least one ad talking about something like "if you're feeling sad, you might have clinical depression, take zoloft/prozac/whatever SSRI they're pushing", and you'll see it for many many conditions advertising.
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