Subj : Good news
To   : Arelor
From : Tanausu M.
Date : Thu Jan 08 2026 19:09:55


Hello Arelor!

08 Jan 26 11:55, you wrote to TheCivvie:

 Ar>   Re: Good news
 Ar>   By: TheCivvie to August Abolins on Sun Dec 21 2025 10:41 pm

 >>
 >> Very much so but also a tighter healthcare budget, but also the UK
 >> and a lot of Europe has it free

 Ar> I have heard a lot of complaints regarding UK healthcare but I'd
 Ar> rather talk about what I know.

 Ar> Spain has Paradise-Grade Socialized Healthcare. Meaning you may show
 Ar> up to an appointment for chemmo therapy only to be told to come next
 Ar> week because they have no supplies. Or, my favourite, you get
 Ar> diagnosed with lung cancer and they take four months to perform an
 Ar> extension study, and by the time they do it you are told you have
 Ar> metas everywhere and you are gonna die in a year because you took too
 Ar> long to treat it.

 Ar> These are not examples I am pulling out of my ass, I work as tech
 Ar> support for a clinic and I see this stuff constantly.

 Ar> Compare that to holding an insurance card and getting a tumor
 Ar> extracted the same day it is discovered.

 Ar> Socialized healthcare is good for one thing: to keep poor serfs calm
 Ar> because they believe they are covered.


And then they charge us a fortune in social security. For some things
it's fine, but for others...

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