[quote=briansd1][quote=desmond]once they rolled out the hospital beds and started talking how proud the Brits are of their healthcare I turned to a rerun of the Shawshank Red.[/quote]
I thought that it was a very appropriate statement on the history of modern Britain. It’s a statement of universal values that’s especially relevant in 2012.
Britain is a monarchy, run by a conservative government. Mitt Romney who developed Romney Care is a guest in Britain. America is the only major country without universal health care.
I think that the artistic license on the part of Danny Boyle was very appropriate.[/quote]
They should have done the same in Beijing! They’ll have patients handing red pouches to the doctors before the operation and the poor can bleed out on the street, would have been much more entertaining than what we saw yesterday.
For the American version they can have a 100 year old guy getting dialysis, with 5 specialists surrounding him while big chested drug reps offer up the latest medications, topped with shipping off of his head for cryogenic storage after death.
