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What's health care really like overseas?

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I'd like to learn more about what health care is like overseas, especially in countries with strong government-run health care systems. Do OpEdNews users have stories?

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I got into a discussion with a conservative who claimed that in most overseas countries with national health care, the hospitals are filthy and people wait long in lines. My guess is that he was repeating conservative talking points. The discussion got me wondering: what is health care really like in other industrialized countries, especially those with national health care?

Does anyone know of any reliable, objective studies? Such studies could be extremely valuable for countering propaganda about the topic.

Alternatively, if there are enough OpEdNews users who have experience with overseas health care, I'd like to hear their stories. Anecdotes may not be representative, but they still could be useful.

I know that "health care tourism" is a huge industry: people who travel overseas to save money on medical and dental care.

Don

 

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Here is my personal experience and opinion. by Nathan Nahm on Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:50:21 PM
I should mention two more points. by Nathan Nahm on Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:40:45 PM
I presume you will agree when I say . . . by Nathan Nahm on Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:00:44 PM
So what do these stories tell us? by Roger Thomas on Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:13:33 PM
Comments on the Canadian system by kanawah on Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:36:43 PM
Experience with New Zealand system by Don Smith on Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:01:16 PM
Socialized medicine by Sister Begonia on Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:55:56 AM
Forgot to mention by Sister Begonia on Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:07:14 AM
What do you mean by healthcare? by lwarman on Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:00:08 PM
Health care in other nations by Caronome on Friday, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:26:20 AM
What the Dutch can afford by Bryna Hellmann on Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 8:20:40 AM