I love the NHS after living for a few years in a country without one I have nothing but admiration and appreciation for it. I feel truly sorry for those Americans without adequate health insurance.
The really sad thing is that Americans think this is reality and thus don't want to give their people a health system. All I can say is thank god for the NHS, it has literally saved my life.
@thatguywiththeegg The real issue is that it transfers more power from you, to the government, and creates a vast, unsustainable bureaucracy, one that ultimately drags the rest of the nation down with it under the load. In my opinion, the government should govern, not sell healthcare. Their only real obligation is to protect the rights of the citizenry from abuse by providers. Ultimately what UK/Europe have done is mortgage away all the responsibility to the government, and look whats happened.
@thatguywiththeegg I was studying there for a year and i went to the ophthalmologist several times, I was treated with a lot of care and in a very personal way, moreover it was always on time, I never had to wait because the doctor was late as it happens in other countries...
@thatguywiththeegg Yes, "Americans", using the term indiscriminately, think this exact god damn thing about the NHS. All 300 Million of them, spread across over all 9 million square kilometers, think this way. No need to use words like "some" or "a portion of the population in" or "conservatives", nope, just "Americans" in general.
@SadakoMoose Do you even use the internet? They all scream communism, death panels and other dumb fuck sound bites their greedy politicians utter. Hell look at the guy who replied to me down the page. If there are those that say otherwise then sadly they are in the extreme minority.
@thatguywiththeegg Yup, as much as they have fucked me over, lied to me, kept me on waiting lists for years and still not carried out obligatory elements of Suboxone schemes, ITS FREE. FREE. Even prescription charges can be waived under certain circumstances. We're fucking lucky, we know we are, but we wouldn't be British if we didn't admit it and didn't criticize any aspect of it that we could, no matter how mundane. (From someone who worked for the NHS for 6 months in 4 sectors)
I had an IV saline drip in an NHS A&E dept, the toilets are not far off what is shown.
My father was employed by the NHS for a number of years and he saw a marked decline in standards when the cleaners where no longer able to clean above head height due to 'Health and Safety'.
@CecilyHeron I think the surgeons are playing the card game Bridge, a rubber is a measure of the hands played (not 100% on exactly how its played so don't quote me)
a bit like if he had said '...at the end of the round' and it cut to the surgeons playing golf.
LMAO - Mark Thomas FTW
guildwarsSNOW 1 month ago
"Fascists..." I lolled hard. :-D
ZemplinTemplar 2 months ago
I love the NHS after living for a few years in a country without one I have nothing but admiration and appreciation for it. I feel truly sorry for those Americans without adequate health insurance.
anjinsan9000 3 months ago 4
Thank you so much crazymaniac123!
I was looking for the name of that theme all over
ArcaneLion 4 months ago
The really sad thing is that Americans think this is reality and thus don't want to give their people a health system. All I can say is thank god for the NHS, it has literally saved my life.
thatguywiththeegg 4 months ago 36
@thatguywiththeegg The real issue is that it transfers more power from you, to the government, and creates a vast, unsustainable bureaucracy, one that ultimately drags the rest of the nation down with it under the load. In my opinion, the government should govern, not sell healthcare. Their only real obligation is to protect the rights of the citizenry from abuse by providers. Ultimately what UK/Europe have done is mortgage away all the responsibility to the government, and look whats happened.
mysock351W 4 months ago
@thatguywiththeegg I was studying there for a year and i went to the ophthalmologist several times, I was treated with a lot of care and in a very personal way, moreover it was always on time, I never had to wait because the doctor was late as it happens in other countries...
isthisnickvalid 3 months ago
@thatguywiththeegg Mine as well. High-five, random internet person.
ProfessorMoriartyx 3 months ago 15
@thatguywiththeegg Yes, "Americans", using the term indiscriminately, think this exact god damn thing about the NHS. All 300 Million of them, spread across over all 9 million square kilometers, think this way. No need to use words like "some" or "a portion of the population in" or "conservatives", nope, just "Americans" in general.
SadakoMoose 3 months ago
@SadakoMoose Do you even use the internet? They all scream communism, death panels and other dumb fuck sound bites their greedy politicians utter. Hell look at the guy who replied to me down the page. If there are those that say otherwise then sadly they are in the extreme minority.
thatguywiththeegg 3 months ago 3
@thatguywiththeegg It hasn't saved my life but it's certainly improved it.
MillerCrosses 3 months ago 3
@thatguywiththeegg Yup, as much as they have fucked me over, lied to me, kept me on waiting lists for years and still not carried out obligatory elements of Suboxone schemes, ITS FREE. FREE. Even prescription charges can be waived under certain circumstances. We're fucking lucky, we know we are, but we wouldn't be British if we didn't admit it and didn't criticize any aspect of it that we could, no matter how mundane. (From someone who worked for the NHS for 6 months in 4 sectors)
ShamanSound 1 month ago
I had an IV saline drip in an NHS A&E dept, the toilets are not far off what is shown.
My father was employed by the NHS for a number of years and he saw a marked decline in standards when the cleaners where no longer able to clean above head height due to 'Health and Safety'.
casusbelli15 6 months ago
1:25 What does "at the end of the rubber" mean?
CecilyHeron 6 months ago
@CecilyHeron I think the surgeons are playing the card game Bridge, a rubber is a measure of the hands played (not 100% on exactly how its played so don't quote me)
a bit like if he had said '...at the end of the round' and it cut to the surgeons playing golf.
casusbelli15 6 months ago
@casusbelli15 Ahh, right! Thanks for that, couldn't have wished for a more helpful reply :)
CecilyHeron 6 months ago
Hahahahahahha personally that last bit just left me in stickes :'D
NeecheeAndMidnight 6 months ago
That'd be Mark Thomas.
VideoKilledElBorn 7 months ago
Who's being lampooned at the end?
giansideros 7 months ago