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Total wait time... Hmmmmm let's see, about the amount of time it took for me to say "I'm having trouble breathing, my name and DoB" so they could look up my NHI number, all of 3 minutes.
I think you have hit the nail on the head with the "rugged individualism" comment. Just across from me is a dude from Sri Lanka, broken leg at the local mountain bike park. He deserves the best treatment we can give him, I have no idea if he has travel insurance or doesn't really matter, he is here we treat him.
It really is amazing how we went from "sharing is caring" to "you get yours yourself, I got mine already."
Your comment on the Sri Lankan dude is also spot on, a human being shouldn't have to suffer just because we're too selfish to help them whether it's by our taxes or whatever. It should be a point of pride that "our" country provides for whoever needs help and that our collective actions make that possible. That's an America I'd be proud of. Not the ultra capitalist greed machine we should be proud to be a part of because "GDP number big"....