Posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2018, at 5:27:57
In reply to Re: one of my favorite FDOTM, posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2018, at 4:41:37
of course i realise that the NHS is in trouble... the government is wanting to reduce spending to them and that can't be good i would imagine... i don't imagine healthcare would get cheaper, all of a sudden. it must mean (i would think) that they have decided that the thing should / will take a dive...
and of course...
the queen and so on isn't getting healthcare from the NHS. clearly. so there must be some kind of private system going on.
and what is perhaps scarier about that is that it isn't talked of, at all.
whereas at least in the US it is clear to everyone (the world over) that there is such a thing. that it costs a great deal. that it can be problematic if people want every freaking test under the sun (that that might not be in their best interests, even). that insurance companies paying is a kind of waver to privacy / confidentiality (if you want to go that way). that access is a genuine issue / problem / thing. a genuine thing.
we just redefine 'access' so it's that people have access to the patient. the patients organs and tissues and genetic information. that's what better access means. it's not for the good of the patient. it's a taking the piss kind of irony that has us believe cuts can be cut and access can be improved.
thus far...
the US has given me a curriculum. something that seems worthwhile learning.
i know it's just the start and probably more fool me... but it's the best i've been offered thus far. Australia: my hard work didn't pay off. i don't know if it was that they pre-judged me or what... it's possible there is some master plan where what i'm told and what my school is told are two differnet things (or whatever). who knows... they say you can't compare your score from year to year but your percentile place from year to year can be compared, surely...
anyway... England moving in... the restructure of the NHS... i'm suspicious.
maybe they do want to get us thinking further afield than Australia.
I am concerned I won't end up with a quiet place to study.
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