If you’re sick, eh… not so much.
Hope you don’t have rheumatoid arthritis for example. Take a look at what happens to those who have RA under socialized medicine in Britain.
Thousands of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers face a lifetime of agony because they are not being treated quickly enough, a report says.
Guidelines state that patients should receive treatment within three months of the first symptoms appearing.
But the average wait is nine months – and GPs are not trained well enough to know what help to offer.
There is no cure, but experts say that if arthritis is diagnosed in the first three months, drugs can be given which limit its progression. This means the disease will not be as painful as it would have been if the condition was diagnosed later.
…Three-quarters of sufferers are of working age when diagnosed, meaning delays cost the economy almost £2billion a year – about £560million a year in NHS healthcare costs and £1.8billion in sick leave and work-related disability.
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