Category: new zealand

Kinder, gentler healthcare

Kinder, gentler healthcare

The upside of catching a nasty flu bug on my last week in New Zealand was getting a genuine glimpse inside a health care system outside the USA for the first time. Without getting into the pros and cons of socialized medicine, the experience was profoundly more humane and comfortable than I’m used to:

  • When I walked into the medical facility, they simply asked me if I would like to see a doctor and I said yes.
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Random observations on New Zealand

Random observations on New Zealand

I visited New Zealand for the first time and spent 7 weeks there, mostly staying in people’s homes and cottages. Here are some random observations from my trip:

  • Bathrooms are astonishingly clean and nice, even many of the outhouses in the national parks or public bathrooms (which even small towns seem to have).
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