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In the discussion thread: Single payer advocate gives up and moves to New Zealand [View all]

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 06:00 PM

34. I've Been To Heaven

We lived for two years in New Zealand. If not for a sick family member we'd be back there in a flash. The people are wonderful. My wife worked as a nurse in one of their hospitals. We had a friend with heart trouble that had several surgeries---no cost---no worries about losing all your income. The government came out to his house and remodeled his bathroom for no cost so that it would be easier for him to use. Their taxes are higher, but you get a better health care system than in the United States. Look what we get with the lower tax mantra. I truly can say that I've been to heaven!!!

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76 replies	Author	Time	Post
Single payer advocate gives up and moves to New Zealand [View all]	eridani	Apr 2012	OP
"You can’t be about profit and be about a social service."	elleng	Apr 2012	#1
That simple	malaise	Apr 2012	#5
+1	Fearless	Apr 2012	#37
+ another 1 n/t	Beartracks	Apr 2012	#45
Good for her. More people should abandon this shithole. nt	Nay	Apr 2012	#2
I'd LOVE to go there! No resources to do it, though...	Ship of Fools	Apr 2012	#3
I'd love to blow this pop stand of a country. Not able to financially.	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2012	#6
Try telling this to the "Love it or leave it" crew . . .	HughBeaumont	Apr 2012	#7
+1 n/t	n2doc	Apr 2012	#17
My reply to them is always.	obxhead	Apr 2012	#18
I would leave if it were possible.	dogknob	Apr 2012	#24
The US is a virtual prison.	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#26
You realize that those who can do so are predominantly the upper-middle	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#31
Some people here seem to not give a shit.	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#42
Hmm, Daniel537 only joined DU 9 April 2012 and yet feels comfortable deriding people as	peacebird	Apr 2012	#53
"Surely they can sell their summer home if need be" seems to be the reaction. nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#50
She went to NZ and GOT single payer health care. To me that is NOT giving up.	KurtNYC	Apr 2012	#4
+1 nt	xchrom	Apr 2012	#9
+2	Fearless	Apr 2012	#38
Good luck to her. Maybe if we keep losing doctors to other countries our own government	southernyankeebelle	Apr 2012	#8
We're planning to do the same.	LittleGirl	Apr 2012	#10
It's easy to give up.	mmonk	Apr 2012	#11
Unfortunately, not everyone has this opportunity. nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#12
this kind of an exodus can be avoided if the left would get more serious about challenging talk radi	certainot	Apr 2012	#13
Rush, arguably the most followed right wing talk radio but has	obxhead	Apr 2012	#20
he's point man for 1000 coordinated stations, creating made-to-order constituencies and alternate	certainot	Apr 2012	#75
Right Wing Talk Radio is a Huge Problem For Us, But What Can We Do About It?	AndyTiedye	Apr 2012	#43
RW radio monopoly can't survive without university sports, and those unis should be ashamed	certainot	Apr 2012	#74
That is a Good Suggestion	AndyTiedye	Apr 2012	#76
+1000... Anyone who questions the power of a broadcast platform to disseminate	shcrane71	Apr 2012	#60
Funny my two daughters have thought about New Zealand	exboyfil	Apr 2012	#14
They damned near had to drag me on the plane in NZ.	sofa king	Apr 2012	#15
Most places people want to go to are hard to get into. nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#16
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free”	harun	Apr 2012	#19
She's lucky she has a profession that can "move" easily. If she were a hairdresser or clerk	SoCalDem	Apr 2012	#21
I don't know if it has changed, but my wife and I looked into relocating 15 years ago	Dragonfli	Apr 2012	#23
Sorry, I am on the fence about this one.	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#22
But that was New Zealand's choice to let her in.	Quantess	Apr 2012	#27
I am not speaking about one individual	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#28
Well, I can see your point about that.	Quantess	Apr 2012	#30
She wants Romney to win!!!11!	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#25
The sort of attitude displayed in this thread is why the Right is able to label us as Anti-American.	Mr.Turnip	Apr 2012	#29
The U.S. IS a shithole. 50 million Americans currently receiving food stamps. 44 million	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#32
Amen. Plus...we're up to our asses in debt...so far, in fact, we're NEVER going to get out. Period.	BlueJazz	Apr 2012	#48
The way to win hearts and minds	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#33
And see that's why someone like you will never win an election in any major capacity.	Mr.Turnip	Apr 2012	#35
Was I trying to win an election?	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#36
That's the problem.	white_wolf	Apr 2012	#40
America is a fairly highly-developed Western Nation with a currently flawed Economic system.	Mr.Turnip	Apr 2012	#51
"It's by no measure the worst place in the world" -- aka damning it with faint praise. I guess you	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#54
Whoo hoo! We're better than North Korea!	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#62
Of course, there are worse places to live.	white_wolf	Apr 2012	#56
Ok. Let's do this.	FedUp_Queer	Apr 2012	#47
You need BOTH, and they DON'T get along. That's why politics is hard.	saras	Apr 2012	#52
Fair enough.	FedUp_Queer	Apr 2012	#73
+1	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#41
brown nosing has gotten us this far	got root	Apr 2012	#59
Why do you care what the 'Right thinks'?? Surely if you are a Democrat you know that the Right	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#63
I've Been To Heaven	nwliberalkiwi	Apr 2012	#34
Good luck getting citizenship	SHRED	Apr 2012	#39
Glad she could move to NZ	newfie11	Apr 2012	#44
K&R	DeSwiss	Apr 2012	#46
Wish we could subcontract our healthcare system to France. n/t	SDjack	Apr 2012	#49
Smart people are leaving this country	magic59	Apr 2012	#55
More expats gave up citizenship	EmeraldCityGrl	Apr 2012	#58
The awful truth.	Mimosa	Apr 2012	#57
I was just thinking that the US will have a brain drain first as the most educated	shcrane71	Apr 2012	#61
it will be massive ....what will be left	lovuian	Apr 2012	#64
Move over lavish suburbs! Make way for favellas. nt	shcrane71	Apr 2012	#72
Lucky her	Domingo Tavella	Apr 2012	#65
Hmmm	Bigredhunk	Apr 2012	#66
can't say i blame her	Tax Man	Apr 2012	#67
It's all of our loss that such a dedicated professional has chosen to leave	suffragette	Apr 2012	#68
If she's over 55 she can't get in.	wickerwoman	Apr 2012	#69
The former chair of HCFA-WA got in at age 57	eridani	Apr 2012	#71
Incredibly depressing because it's true	AnnieK401	Apr 2012	#70

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