When the govt owns the hospitals and the medical staff...

[postalanthrax]

receives their pay from the govt......

What is that called?




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Coworker using VA health system doesn't get the connection that the VA is a purely socialist operation

[arcane1]

1. The VA?

:shrug:

[JVS]

2. National Health Service

[DJ13]

3. Its called the UK

[postalanthrax]

10. In other words....

Socialized medicene, correct?

[arcane1]

11. Socialized health care, perhaps

unless the research and creation of medicines are also being funded 100% by taxes.

[Mark Maker]

4. A hospital?

What is it?

It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.

[RegieRocker]

5. The VA Hospital

[CC]

6. Used to be called

community hospitals. Still have one here but afraid a for profit will buy it sooner or later like they did the other two closest hospitals. Lung x-ray at community hospital $50.00. Same x-ray at for profit hospital $2500.00. X-rays taken 2 weeks apart. My insurance insisted the second one be done at the for profit hospital.

[bluerum]

7. The military.

[David in Canada]

8. It is called...

... a modern, humane and CIVILISED nation!

[baldguy]

9. A system that works in every other industrialized country on the planet.

[walldude]

12. Sanity..... n/t

[TheKentuckian]

13. Frugal

[kestrel91316]

14. It's called "A Just Society".

[GeorgeGist]

15. Since the Govt is the people ...

could it be peoplism.