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I was in Paris in August of that year. My wife has multiple sclerosis, and is sensitive to heat. She struggled valiantly through the entire trip, having a pretty good time in spite of things, until she finally had a seizure in Italy on the bus from Florence to Rome, last leg of the tour. She had to be hospitalized in Sienna for a night while my kids proceeded to Rome (they've seen the Colosseum, I haven't). Incidentally, if I hadn't had enough foresight to pay for the tour's extra trip health coverage, it would have cost me a lot of money. The hospital was great, and the personnel, few of which spoke English, were as helpful as they could be to a worried husband who spoke no Italian. The head doctor, thank God, did speak English, but it was a long night. Fortunately, there were no lasting problems and nothing like that ever happened again.

The health care discussion is being held on very simplistic terms. If you listen to it, you would come to the conclusion that all the other countries have universal health care, do it the same way, and get better care. The truth is a lot more complicated, and not what most people think.