What can you tell us Yanks about Healthcare in the UK

On a different note, I had to quote BobbinBird, as what he had to say about his experience with the NHS, encapsulates my adoration of that establishment.

She. My girlfriend in fact, of whom I speak upthread.

And the last op (to extend her fusion to L4) was done privately, not on the NHS. That's the op that the NHS made us wait 18 months and then cancelled after the pre-op appointment. (can you tell I might have been slightly bitter at the time?) Luckily by the time they did that I had got a job with medical benefits so we had an alternative. AXA PPP didn't see us coming :-)