This goes to my favorite conservative pundit, Michelle Malkin. It examines the NHS in Briton and explains that people are opting out of the government system for major surgeries. These are medical tourists in that they go to countries like India and Malaysia for major surgeries that cost much less. Of course the cost is not the problem in the UK, the wait is. I am happy to point you to http://www.michellemalkin.com for this one. I agree that the premise is that this would happen here if we were to move to government health care.
By Michelle Malkin
Oh, what lovely conditions we have to look forward to should Hillary Clinton and Michael Moore get their way:
Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad for medical treatment to escape the NHS - with 70,000 patients expected to fly out this year.
And by the end of the decade 200,000 “health tourists” will fly as far as Malaysa and South Africa for major surgery to avoid long waiting lists and the rising threat of superbugs, according to a new report.
Continue reading this blog and article here.
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As if there weren't thousands of Americans also getting treatment abroad.
In any case, the vast bulk of Brits are going for cosmetic surgey, not covered by the NHS, and most certainly are not going for 'major surgery'.
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