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As an addendum to my recent post refuting Michael Moore’s rose-coloured view of socialised medicine in the UK, check out this recent news from Britain.
Record numbers go abroad for health
Record numbers of Britons are flying abroad for medical treatment to escape NHS waiting lists and the rising threat of hospital superbugs.
Thousands of "health tourists" are going as far as India, Malaysia and South Africa for major operations – such is their despair over the quality of health services.
The first survey of Britons opting for treatment overseas shows that fears of hospital infections and frustration with NHS waiting lists are fuelling the increasing trend.
More than 70,000 Britons will have treatment abroad this year – a figure that is forecast to rise to almost 200,000 by the end of the decade.
NHS meltdown?
h/t: Wesley J Smith at Secondhand Smoke
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