Whats the general feeling among Bongs, is there support for NHS funded troon shit by the public?
From people I've spoken to, most absolutely do not want it funded or supported in any way. Waiting lists for everything are so high that most want resources concentrated in areas where people actually can't function properly until they get care.
Tangentially related: There was a big push to remove female-specific words from antenatal care that received huge pushback in TERFy circles and leaked out into the mainstream because not using correct language is confusing and can lead to lower standards of care. This made a lot of people reassess exactly what trans lunacy is doing to the NHS.
I'm not in favor of socialized medicine, but I also don't believe someone should be left without treatment for cancer or something because they can't afford treatment, or someone being turned away at the ER with a bone sticking out of their leg because they don't have insurance.
I am fully in favour of socialised medicine for things that aren't your fault. But I do think some people take the piss, see the UK munchies in the munchie thread. There are stories of people going to the doctor to get free paracetamol for their kids (under 16s get free prescriptions), stuff like that is taking up an appointment for something that costs literally 50p, taking an appointment away from someone who might actually need it. Fuck knows how to deal with that, I think I'd just make a blanket rule that anything below £5 that can be bought OTC will not be prescribed and people who come in for such are at the back of the queue for their next appointment.
The situation with low income Type 1 diabetics in the US is appalling, most people here are happy for their taxes to support people with life threatening chronic diseases, especially if it keeps them in work.
I've had a case of horribly bad luck that would have left me in unmanageable debt if I was in the states, most people I know who have used significant NHS resources have needed them through no fault of their own. My understanding of insurance in the US is that you can still end up paying thousands even though treatment is technically covered. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd find that possibility hanging over me permanently stressful as fuck.
There is a lot of gatekeeping now for self inflicted things, like if you smoke and need a certain treatment for a condition caused or worsened by smoking, you need to quit before they even put you on the waiting list. I think we are going to end up doing a similar thing with obesity as its putting massive strain on an already stretched-to-fuck system.
In France they do this thing where they present you with a bill for the full cost, but most of it is covered by the state. I think low income people get it all covered. So people know the actual cost of their treatment. I like that concept because I think some pisstakers would reassess, and it would increase social pressure on them if people actually knew just how much they were costing taxpayers.
I wouldn't want troon surgeries paid for by the taxpayer anymore than I'd want diet pills and liposuction for anachans paid for. That shit is not only not life saving, its not helping the problem and its often just causing more.
100% agree on this.
now I look so masculine and gross I just want to cryyyy when I reach to play with my hair its just stubble
