I think we ALL do over here. When I visit the States or Canada I come back saying I've eaten like a pig, and usually put a few pounds on.

>When we visited London two years ago, I ate much less than I do in States :)
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>>Ceratinly not in the UK - eating out is more expensive. But, joking aside, we don't get the NHS for free - we pay for it out of a part of our taxation, call National Insurance. These contibs go towards: NHS, state pension and unemployment benefits.
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>>>There is no free lunch in the United States.
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>>>>>>>>That's how the system works. When doctors are considered a fair game, patients become fair game for doctors.
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>>>>>>>I agree completely, except that I wouldn't call it a system. It's an industry, that's how they call themselves anyway.
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>>>>>>Of course it's a system, but it's a sink and has no output. It takes ill people as input and converts them into money for the doctors. Sometimes there's a bi-product - the odd well person gets output.
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>>>>>It's not a system. It's a bunch of sort-of-independent players. You can't find a single insurer that works in all parts of the country, and no matter how you get involved, YMMV. A system would have same properties no matter where you touch it.
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>>>>Sorry. I thought you were referring to the medical "system".
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>>>>Tell me. DO you have to pay for dentistry for your kids? Once upon a time we didn't pay at all, then dentists got greedy; they were only able to change their Porsches once a year, so they pulled out of the NHS. Some stayed, but you still have to pay (but not as much as private). But kids are free up to, well 16 or 18 - not sure.