A very good article. > The key difference is that foreign health insurance plans exist only to > pay people's medical bills, not to make a profit. so true > I spent six months in London back in 2003. I admire the British health care > system. The National Health Service pays for the cost of medications and > DBS surgery. In Oxford alone, about 200 Parkinson's patients undergo the > DBS surgery annually - all are fully sponsored by the NHS. The British take > good care of their Parkinson's patients. The same can be said of most European countries. It is certainly the case of France, where DBS was <ínvented> maryse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn