NHS attacked by US - Twitter

[efq]

Web users have rushed to defend the NHS after critics of Barack Obama's health reforms branded British hospitals "evil".


The Twitter 'hashtag' #WeLoveTheNHS has become the most-discussed topic


The words "we love the NHS" rose to become the most-written about topic on Twitter as a campaign to defend British hospitals swept the internet.
The US president is trying to introduce changes which would allow more uninsured Americans to get access to healthcare.
But opponents have paid for a $1m (£600,000) advertisement campaign warning it is a "socialist" plan to mimic Britain's "evil" national health service.
The controversial adverts have so far provoked nearly 4,000 posts of support using the Twitter hashtag #welovetheNHS.
Most have shared personal stories about their own friends and family.


Some of the posts on Twitter

"My Dad was given 6 wks to live - without NHS I wouldn't have had him for 2 more years after acute myloid leukaemia diagnosis," Twitter user 'laragreenway' posted.
"My brother had a heart attack last week and has been given world class care," 'mwskinn' wrote.
It has won support from NHS Direct, which has its own Twitter account.
The row has been further fuelled by a scathing blog post from former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on the Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan.
The EU politician criticised the NHS on US television, saying "I wouldn't wish it on anybody," due to "huge waiting lists" and "bad survival rates".
He has previously told American viewers the health service was a "60-year mistake".
Mr Prescott said the comments undermined the Conservatives' claims they are a progressive party.

Such jealousy. If we want a heart transplant, we get it for free. If you want a heart transplant in the US, be prepared to cough up A LOT. I am not saying all of the US are jealous, just some. The rest are fine and love the NHS and wish they were in the US.

http://twitter.com/#search?q=welovetheNHS

I saw this post by a London Gangster Chav person (I checked his previous tweets and picture) and he wrote this: "We all know the nhs isn't perfect, but we do get an ambulance when we fall ill, and they dont check our wallets. Big up staff" - Shows his thanks to the NHS.

[xxMATTGxx]

Yeah, I've seen many people have the "I love NHS" logo on their profile pictures now. I recently joined in with them.

[efq]

Same

If anyone else wants to http://twibbon.com/join/welovetheNHS

[J0SH]

NHS are good and bad in some ways, my dad had a blocked arterie went on NHS they said nothing's wrong with him, then he went private and turnt out he needed a stent put in. My grandad also got MRSA from their hospital.

[efq]

Like I said, no-ones perfect nor is the NHS. But atleast they don't check you have insurance for your healthcare before they take you and if you don't they leave you.

[Jordy]

It seems the more Conservative Americans had also been making things up, saying that Stephen Hawkings would of died if he used the NHS when infact he has used the NHS lol.

The article's author went on to assert that "people such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless."

As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Jay Bookman quickly pointed out, Prof Hawking was born in the UK, and has lived and worked there for his entire life.
And UK newspapers the Guardian and Daily Telegraph reported Prof Hawking as saying that he "wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS".

I much prefer the UK's Health System to the US one however they do have a point which definitely does need addressing, the waiting lists are ridiculous.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I agree with them, the United States shouldn't burden itself especially at a time when national debt is spiralling out of control by creating a monsters which ends up ass the National Health Service. The NHS is too big, outdated compared to its rivals overseas despite billions upon billions poured into it and lastly wastes billions every year by paying private firms over the top prices to build new hospitals.

The NHS needs to be reformed and de-centralised, if that fails then the only other option would be privatisation.

[GommeInc]

Despite the minor conflictions within the NHS, the health service is world class :/ Infact, they pioneer with quite alot of break-through operations which have never properly happened in other countries - with research and so forth which, although happen through alot of charities, they go through the health service (no duh, it's common sense).

Splenectomies were first done in the NHS, and my one was one of the first, complete success operations and the NHS have taken that spleen and researched, tested and pioneered with the results, sending them off to these "amazing countries with their poor amazing health service," to share the results.

As usual, the select few dumb Americans are proving why the silent majority of decent, smart Americans with brains should go on a mass-genocide to rid the country of these idiots. They make crap up, as per usual, with not even a whiff of bothering to do some research.

I pity America, I really do :/

[alexxxxx]

you can't put a price on good health for everyone. it doesn't matter about the price it has on the economy, the tax rises needed. it's treated as a human right here, to be healthy and to be looked at by a doctor. I'd hate to live in the US where you are always thinking about what would happed to you or your family if you get really really ill and the insurance company won't pay up.

we are extremely lucky to live in a situation where we can be recovering in hospital and concentrate only on getting better, rather than how we are going to afford it. of course there are problems with it, but we have a longer life expectancy than the usa and we spend less on health care per head, so we're doing better.

[Wahey]

I have mixed feelings towards the NHS

They've helped me when i've injured myself

But when my gran and grandad were in hospital they treated them poorly because they were old?

And only 2 weeks ago my mums friends sister died after she went into the Doctors asking for some help with extreme pains in the shoulders and they didn't even try and help her, sent her away, she died hours later of a heart attack


So tbh i couldn't care less the ammount of abuse NHS get from the US