Which is why I also feel free to speak with some authority on what it's like with the NHS and "socialised medicine", incidentally. I've lived in both the US and here for some years, and I have immediate family on both sides of the Pond, and I deal with both systems on an ongoing basis. Of the two, I have to say that the NHS has its problems, but it is infinitely less broken.
Speaking of which, though, another nice perk I get (I don't know if it's universal to all employers in the UK, or just where I've worked) -- if I get particularly ill when I'm taking vacation time, if I get a doctor's certificate and submit it to my work, the days I'm ill will get reallocated to "paid sick leave" and the vacation days credited back to me. And I'm entitled to up to 3 months' sick leave at full pay and a further 3 months' at reduced pay, per year, if it ever came to that. Can you imagine that ever being offered in the US?
...And yet, somehow, our system manages not to collapse. Or at least, it wouldn't if our banks hadn't all invested in $&^%*#! "toxic debt", too.
Which is why I also feel free to speak with some authority on what it's like with the NHS and "socialised medicine", incidentally. I've lived in both the US and here for some years, and I have immediate family on both sides of the Pond, and I deal with both systems on an ongoing basis. Of the two, I have to say that the NHS has its problems, but it is infinitely less broken.
Speaking of which, though, another nice perk I get (I don't know if it's universal to all employers in the UK, or just where I've worked) -- if I get particularly ill when I'm taking vacation time, if I get a doctor's certificate and submit it to my work, the days I'm ill will get reallocated to "paid sick leave" and the vacation days credited back to me. And I'm entitled to up to 3 months' sick leave at full pay and a further 3 months' at reduced pay, per year, if it ever came to that. Can you imagine that ever being offered in the US?
...And yet, somehow, our system manages not to collapse. Or at least, it wouldn't if our banks hadn't all invested in $&^%*#! "toxic debt", too.
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