I grew up in the as one realm, a country that has always had universal health care. Everyone in the UK gets health care, whether theyre very sick or slightly sick, liberation a limb or just need some really intimate advice from a doctor. For me, growing up in England, I thought that was average. Then I moved to America. All of a sudden, I was paying the same departvernment tax rate I paid in the UK, yet when I went to the hospital for a simple contravened toe, I was presented with a bill for over $1,300. Of course, I had health insurance, but my health insurance company refused to pay it. Why? Because I was outside their network when I had the toe intent. If Id gotten in my car with my broken toe, and driven 40 miles to a hospital that was in their network, I would have been addressed. As it was, I wasnt. For a woman who grew up with free health care for whatsoever from a sprained ankle to brain surgery, I just couldnt quantity it out.

Nowadays, I live in Thailand. Technically still a third world country. Yet Thailand has some of the best health care in the world (so good, that Americans are now coming for curative tourism, to get it for themselves) and its cheap – because Thailand has a universal health care system. Every Thai, who cannot afford private health care, pays 30 baht per visit. Thats around 95 cents. And they get good care.

If you want to know private health care in Thailand (which, I can warranty, is however better than American health care), you can pay for it and go to one of Thailands many world-class hospitals. I recently had an EKG, chest x-rays, three doctors visits and 11 different blood tests for a total cost of less than $200. This at one of the best hospitals in Thailand. A simiilar visit to an American hospital would have been thousands of dollars and with a waiting time to discuss with the doctor ten times longer than I waited in Thailand (I waited 3 minutes!)

Prescriptions are cheap too in Thailand, either for Thai brands or even for imported American drugs. So, how is it that American drug companies can sell their product in Thailand, much cheaper than in the US and still make a advantage? Because theyre ripping off the American consumer and the Republican bash and people corresponding to Sarah Palin are back uping them.

So, Sarah Palin mouthing off that Obamas health care plan is “downright evil” is stupid. Ive lived in two countries that have universal health care and had better health care treatment than I ever received in the US, and for a price much much lower.

But people like Sarah Palin and her ilk dont want you to know that. Theyre receiving millions of dollars a once a year from the health care lobby, and the drug company lobby and they dont want that money to dry up. After all, with that, they can afford to pay for private health care. But what about you?

So, if I have to choose between Obamas health care plan someone “downright evil” or Sarah Palin being “downright evil”, I know which one Ill choose and it wont be a health care system that will actually help Americans – that is, if the Republican Party will allow it.