Glad...

I am so glad to live in this country. The plight of Charlie Gard and his parents is proof of how England's Universal Health Care is a failure. I don't believe it will ever be voted down for it has become so entrenched in the English way of life that everyone, possibly with the exception of Charlie's parents, accept it. But it's pathetic and heartless! And private health care can only be afforded by the terribly wealthy. They wouldn't have to rely on some uncaring judges to make a decision that the less wealthy parents of an intubated child should be allowed to make - life or death.
So far in America our health care system, flawed as it might be, is not like Europe's where to live or die is decided by strangers. Was Charlie Gard not worth living? In this country parents of a deathly ill child can still search for another doctor to treat their child if they are not satisfied with their present health-giver - flying to Jamaica in search of a better doctor is the parents' choice. A judge is usually not involved, though the case of Terry Schiavo does come to mind (perhaps that is where America is going, also - God forbid!). So far, though, we are a free, caring society that is still astonished by such an un-Christian decision, especially when a child is involved and just might be saved.