It was the observation of a friend of mine living in Russia in the 80s, and another who lived in the UK in the 90s. I didn't mean to imply it was the observation of *everyone* in that situation; YMMV.
Their point, jointly, was that yes, even *with* money, you couldn't really buy local health care -- there was no incentive to perform functions that weren't authorized by the government, and those wheels turned slowly. So you went abroad (i.e. to the US) for new or unusual conditions.
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Date: 2006-03-08 02:42 pm (UTC)Their point, jointly, was that yes, even *with* money, you couldn't really buy local health care -- there was no incentive to perform functions that weren't authorized by the government, and those wheels turned slowly. So you went abroad (i.e. to the US) for new or unusual conditions.