This week I enjoyed the article "As Good as it Gets". I have often felt Europeans have the right way of thinking, not only do they enjoy nice pensions they have discounted/free travel! For the younger generations Europeans are allowed much more time to stay home for child rearing in some countries new moms are able to stay home with their children with pay for up to two years. This compares to our maximum of 12 weeks with many new moms only getting to take 6 weeks due to the need to get back to work to earn money.
It was really eye opening to me to hear of the cancer surgery and 32 chemotherapy treatments that Trees had was free of cost to them. The article also states that it could have cost them $30,000 if they had to pay for it. The government putting limits on what can be charged for certain items must really limit the cost of items. For each one of my chemo sessions (two days) my insurance was billed $44,000!
It is awesome to hear how the Dutch people are so willing to support each other. It seems as if in the US we are all about only helping ourselves, sometimes even family members are struggling and we won't/can't help them out, never mind helping out strangers. Again I feel like this article was very informative. Hopefully the Dutch will be able to continue on in the future in the same manner, since the population like that of the US is aging.
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