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Thinking about my limited knowledge of different countries health care, I suspect that the crucial thing isn’t whether a country’s health care is privately-funded or state funded. Nor, I suspect, is it crucial whether the hospitals themselves are run by the state or private business or the Martians. I think the really vital thing is whether the politicians get the same care as the rest of us. Since they’ll take…

I made the mistake of trying to tell an American email friend that practically everything the US media say about the British health service is simply not true. They do not throw out premmie babies. They do not throw out old people. The do treat you for cancer if you’re old. They do treat overdoses. They don’t have a spending cap per person. I know this because I’ve lived it….

“Loathsome Alyce” is up at Wily Writers. [WARNING: mature subject matter]

The small manBuilds cages for everyoneHe Knows.While the sage,Who has to duck his headWhen the moon is low,Keeps dropping keys all night longFor theBeautifulRowdyPrisoners. Hafiz, an Iranian, Sufi poet from the 14th century.(I found this on Chris Guillebeau’s blog, The Art of Nonconformity)

Wily Writers has just accepted my story “Loathsome Alyce” to be published later this month. So I’m doing the happy dance again.