These stories just keep coming. I sometimes toy with the idea of living abroad for a couple of years (for the sake of my children to learn about a different culture so that they can see their own in the proper light), but Mrs. Wrath is aware and firmly puts an end to my ideas. In Japan I have never even had to wait for a drop in appointment more than 10-15 minutes. There's no quotas (who came up with that idea!?!) for educating doctors so at least here in Tokyo there's tons of specialists all over. I once saw a GP for an ailment and he suggested it might be worth doing a CR scan but it would be out of health insurance. "No problem." So he rings up the local (!) CR clinic and five minutes later I have walked over and getting prepped for scanning. Cost was under $67 (US) in the end (turned out it wasn't anything serious). Another time I saw my dentist in the street one evening and told him I had chipped a tooth. "No problem I am free tonight." So he opens up the clinic for me (he lived upstairs of it), fixes the tooth and wished me a good night. I think that was about $20 (with insurance). I have so many stories like this to compare with the dismal care this family received by the NHS.
