Thank you for sharing that -- your southern neighbors could use a lot more examples like these to counter the lies in trying to get our own version started up, and it's been a real uphill battle.

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Here's what 4 years living without health insurance in the US taught me: avoid physical activity and don't see a doctor unless you think you're going to die!

True story.

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A week ago a kitchen accident causes a chef's knife to plunge 2 inches into my wrist. I found the people treating me professional, and quite excellent. My family doctor told me that whoever did the stitching in emergency did an excellent job and that I probably wouldn't have a scar.

My wait time was about 2 to 3 hours... my cost was nothing.

Without it, I might have died from loss of blood. More likely I'd be scarred for life and my right hand wouldn't work right.

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Here in the US, Medicaid - our bargain-basement state aid for those who don't qualify for better stuff like Medicare - is saving my life. It made it possible for me to afford to see the counselor who referred me to the medical practice where my critically high hypertension and diabetes got diagnosed, and then to treatment for both. Without it, it seems very likely that I'd have had a stroke and/or heart attack sometime in the next few months to couple of years, quite possibly a fatal one.

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