One Journalist’s Treament in London: A Case For or Against a National Health Care Plan?

Journalist F. Brinley Bruton writes about her experiences being treated for a urinary tract infection in London two weeks ago and compares it to her experience being treated for the same condition in New York City 10 years ago. Her article can be found here.

She feels that she was treated better in New York City, but her bills were astronomical in comparison to her bills for her London treatment. Her point can probably be summed up with her asking, “Would the elderly woman in my ward in London who repeatedly pleaded “Can someone help me please?” after being left on her dirty bedpan for almost an hour, recommend a version of the National Health Service to Americans?

Cost vs. quality….the major dilemma. Your thoughts on her accounts?

Source:
“A tale of 2 sickbeds: Health care in U.K. vs. U.S.” – MSNBC, September 22, 2008