Burning NHS Questions

Hubby and I both have long term health issues (you'd think we were ancient!) and both on repeat prescriptions and have doctors appointments ALL the time. I've had NO issues with the NHS at all. My biggest thing with the NHS is I don't have to worry...I can ALWAYS afford my meds, I don't need to worry about going to the doctors and how much something will cost. In the US, we had health insurance, but we still spent a ton of money on appointments and medicine.
 The NHS has its issues and some of them are bad, but then so does the US. Everyone's experience is different. I had a horrible issue with my first pregnancy in the US. My OB/GYN ignored issues that caused me to lose my son at 34 weeks, but I went on to have a fabulous doctor there after. My FIL was put back in  bed without a heart monitor on the cardiac care unit here in the UK after coming back from some tests. He had a heart attack during the night and died without anyone being aware anything was happening. I guess what I'm trying to say is, both countries have issues with the medical system, but I prefer BY FAR, knowing the NHS is there for us.

Just chiming in to agree that the NHS is as good, if not better in some respects, than US healthcare. I was very lucky to have good, attentive doctors at all 3 different surgeries that I had been registered at over my time in Scotland.

I had to go to the emergency room after a fall down the stairs. I actually waited less time than any ER I've been to in the US, had xrays taken, saw a specialist at a fracture clinic a few days later, went to physical therapy a week after that, and was billed for none of it. I also had a very minor unrelated surgery that went beautifully.

I miss the NHS every single day.

I'm one of those that wasn't ill all the time when I first moved over.

I have had experience with the NHS and US healthcare (which differed depending on which type of insurance we had at the time). My conclusion is that it all depends on what you are being treated for, and by whom, and therefore you can't generalize.

BUT, I love being able to make unlimited free appointments at my local clinic and paying a fixed annual amount for my repeat prescriptions, which also covers any additional prescriptions.