Wow. This is What Capitalized Medicine Looks Like:

I was reading the Notes of a Paramedic and I was frankly amazed at the sequence of events in the care of one patient.

An aging woman had chest pain for a couple of hours, and called for an ambulance.
In under 30 minutes, she was getting an ECG in hospital.
In another half hour, she was in surgery for a completely occluded Left Anterior Descending artery (she was lucky to be alive).

She has some tissue damage but still has a fighting chance. Because the people involved all get paid handsomely for what they do.

My friends, how much is it worth to you, to be able to live one more day with a decent shot at another 10 years?

In countries with socialized medicine, you don't get to put a number on it. You get your cancer treatments "free". . . and you get to stand on line while it progresses from stage 1 100% curable to stage 4 congratulations you're dead.

Hold on there.

It need not be that way.

NHS rationing health care need not happen.

This woman is going to have to pay medical bills for the rest of her life maybe.

But at least she will be alive, and that's worth it in my book.