I'm David Ferrier in New Zealand accidentally marooned in, well, New Zealand right now.

Because as we informed you a few months ago, I got on a plane to fly it back to New Zealand after

being defeated by the American health care system.

I needed to sort my back out, my spine, the spine of a tall 40-year-old man who spends too much time

sitting in a desk typing.

My back had decided to create havoc with my discs and my nerves, making my life

temporarily a kind of small living hell. But now I am back in America, back with a story to tell about my back.

It's a chance to look at my very personal experiences of brushing up against the American health care system and then the New Zealand health care system.

It's a kind of informal follow-up to the first health care

episode we did in August last year. So grab your health insurance information and

start bracing for that excess to kick in because this is the health care part two episode.

Flagless.

Flagless bird touchdown in America.

I'm a flyless bird touchdown in America.

I'm back.

I'm back. You're back in the attic. I'm back in the attic. I'm back in the attic.

It's been I was away for almost two months which is a very long time.

Very. It was confusing yes and decks wondered if you would

ever return yeah I heard there was a fear yeah I might not be coming back yeah at all which is such a strange concept because I was

never intending not to come back you never know when you get home what will

happen you did leave all your stuff I left all my stuff in America.

I paid my rent check three months in advance,

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