I could editorialize...but I won't even bother!

[fullofbeans]

Dear Christine MH UK,

Unfortunately I have to disagree with your opinion of the NHS is the only Universical care of the sort in Europe, au contraire.


If you can name me a single western european country that does not cover cancer at 100% please let me know. But has it stand the facts are as follows;

"In the 1880s, most Germans became covered under the mandatory health care system championed by Bismarck. The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom was the world's first universal health care system provided by government. It was established in 1948. The most comprehensive today is in France, and the second most is in Italy. Other examples are Medicare in Australia, established in the 1970s, and by the same name Medicare in Canada, established between 1966 and 1984. Universal health care contrasts to the systems like health care in the United States or South Africa, though South Africa is one of the many countries attempting health care reform"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care

The fact that you were under the impression that only in the UK you have universal care is common and was true a long while back. This is unfortunately what it often misrepresentated in the some of the press. I suspect that it an intended message from (?) to justify their poor rate of success compared the other European countries.
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