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bullianbp
5y ago
Try harder.
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bullianbp
5y ago
Clearly if you have not personally experienced something it doesn't exist.
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bullianbp
5y ago
You live in the UK and use the NHS and you're not aware of the issue of waiting lists for operations and other procedures? It's been a highly talked about political issue for at least the last 40 years.
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bullianbp
5y ago
Did I say urgent care? The existence of NHS waiting lists is a well telegraphed problem. Typically these are for medically necessary procedures which are not critical (in the sense that catching cancer fast is critical) but which when delay
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bullianbp
5y ago
In some parts of Southern Europe, a bemused looking tourist who offered even the mildest defense that they didn't understand the zoning system would be surrounded by locals taking their side and rebuking the official. "Why a
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bullianbp
5y ago
I understand that this came across as rude, but I'm not trying to say that Germany is a Kafkaesque hellhole. I love Germany. Simply this - there is no 'good faith' defense when breaking rules in Germany. If you have the wrong
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bullianbp
5y ago
80 euro might be a reasonable price for having grasped an important truth about how Germany works.
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bullianbp
5y ago
In practice many very rich people in the UK have some form of private healthcare. The NHS has historically relied on rationing by queuing - since most demand for healthcase is very inelastic you need a lot of queuing to reduce demand by muc
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bullianbp
5y ago
The marginal cost of a passenger on public transport is much less than the cost of a taxi. Even if the ceiling is double this cost it's still a good deal. The marginal cost of an entry to a public museum is typically much less than the