@raphjd:
If you want decent medical care in the UK, you need to have insurance. How is that better than in the US?!
Beauracrats decide what treatments you can have (or not) and most of the time it's politically motivated, like the breast cancer treatment I mentioned above. The criteria for treatments are ever changing and you are always chasing that elusive "criteria met" letter saying you can now get the treatment you need.
As I have pointed out several times before, the NHS is quite sexist in how they dole out treatments, or not.
There is also a massive problem with "postcode lottery" in the NHS. If you live in one postcode you may get a treatment, but if you live across the street in a different postcode you may be denied the treatment.
You are at the mercy of politicians as to what medical services you can get. Mental health, dermatology, and many other specialties are extremely difficult to get through the NHS. Where I live, unless you are committed to the state loony bin (which is over full), you have to go through a charity or a private clinic to get mental health help.
I know my pathetic stalker won't have the balls or mental ability to discuss this.
Once again you are describing we have the in the US today. CEO's and employers decide which care I can get. Unless I am in a Union, I don't have any say in it at all. I'm at the mercy of what my employer and the insurance company CEO decide.
You should be thankful that you have state loony bins. Most Republican Governors closed them all in the 90's. This has contributed to the rise in mental health issues like drug addiction.