Quote Originally Posted by cptcannabis
Nevertheless, he would not be receiving such lavish care right now if he were not a world renowned physicist. He has people that live with him to take care of his medical needs and doctors on call. They don't do that for the average man.

The really funny part of your argument is that it is nullified by Mr Hawking himself who on more than one occassion has stated "I would not be here but for the NHS".
You assume that our healthcare is rationed based on academic qualification which is frankly a complete load of bollocks !
psychocat Reviewed by psychocat on . Health Reforms I've been watching the debate in the US about adopting a British style health system, I'd be interested to hear others take on this. The UK population has a higher life expectancy than the US. I have had many reasons to be thankful to the system we have and I've always believed we would be a lot worse if we followed the US way. Two comments I heard recently were. The only time we Brits have a lower life expectancy than the Americans is when we're on military manouvers with them. ;) Rating: 5