what can be done to address the medical issues in a large, industrialized country.

I was just in the process of adding a link to your diary to mine, but my computer is a bit constipated this morning, so it was taking me too much time.

Thanks for reminding everyone about "socialist" healthcare.

really glad you did not have to deal with the horrors of an insurance company saying  NO we are not paying for that  I had that happen to me for one of my kids, she needed an eye operation or she would have lost her eye  the HMO said no put a patch on it  the eye surgeon said either I operate on it or she loses her vision  I paid the hospital fee by borrowing against my house and put her in the hospital  the insurance company called the hospital after I admitted her and agreed to pay the bill  the finance office returned my deposit that morning the insurance company knew  they were going to be sued  health care should not be this way

got it in the diary.

What indeed does Jerome think?

I'm sure I can answer for him.

Jerome is very grateful he is a citizen of France, a country where healthcare is a right not a privilege. And a country where you don't sell your house to pay for healthcare for a sick child.

but this puts it all in perspective for me:

I never want to come home to the states!!! And I have no clue why everyone else is either still there or hasn't protested night and day until things get changed.

I certainly hope that It's like we are all too scared or are procrastinating the inevitable moment when someone gets sick and then we are totally screwed? It's like we are already the walking dead!

And the irony of it all is that I walked right by the place that does passport photos that I need in order to get my permanent residency stamp in Sweden.

II wonder if that might save my life. Not to mention the fact that earning in euros are now 40% stronger/have more value than the dollar.

Maybe Jerome and I should run an underground American relocation program.