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Not in my experience it isn't.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 12th, 2006 at 01:59:52 PM EST
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Sorry to hear that, I hope everything worked out good for you eventually.

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by Little L (ljolito (at) gmail (dot) com) on Sun Feb 12th, 2006 at 02:03:01 PM EST
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I haven't had any life-threatening condition, but my experience of basic, everyday health care (including dental and optical) in Southern California was rather poor compared to Madrid or London.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 12th, 2006 at 02:14:47 PM EST
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My experience in Finland is that we have a very high quality of care. In my city I pay just 22 € per year for local treament.

I  fact today I had cause to use the service.  I had an infected thumb that I thought would go away, but it got worse and gave me pain last night. So I popped into the local hospital today, got an appointment for 16.00, arrived and waited about 30 secs - then in to see the doctor. Quick lancing (ughh disgusting) and clean up, a prescription and I was outta there in 3 minutes.

Most Finnish couples - if abroad - return to Finland for the birth of their kids. I've had two - you (the lady of the house) can give birth in the pool, with your own music, however you like.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Feb 13th, 2006 at 12:01:16 PM EST
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