Lemmy says something about Philthy being ill and going back to England, anyone know anything about that?

Hope he's ok -awesome drummer that he was.

Doesn't sound too good. Hope he's just having a break from life over there. Thought Philthy couldn't come back for some reason..?

It sounds to me like he went back to the UK for the free public health care. Of course, I could be wrong.
I hope it's nothing serious.
Get well soon, Philthy!

I read at facebook that he is ok now... I think Henri Clause wrote that...

Thanks for the info, mmotorhead, sounds reassuring. I hope we'll hear more from Philthy (Web Of Spider, Ghettoblaster w/ Chris Holmes or whatever). Somebody (I believe it was Lemmy) said that Philthy was in the US illegaly and that he couldn't go back if he left the country. It looks like we'll soon find out if it's true..?

I have a friend who was from Canada but ended up living in the USA illegally. She's a great person and a friend of Lemmys. She was told she had to leave the US and had to do paperwork and wait for a certain amount of years before she could re-enter the US.

From what I know about US medical costs, they can be astronomical. People lose their houses to pay their medical bills sometimes, so in that respect I think Philthy did the right thing (to go to a country where they provide cheap or free health care.) In my opinion, every country should have free medical care (it's important for their citizens to be in good health), but I don't want to talk about politics.

In one example I knew a writer who had books on the bestseller list. About 10 years ago he developed problems with his breathing and had to be on oxygen permanently. Before he died he was completely broke and they had to do a fundraiser to get money just to have him buried. It's sad to hear about.

Chalk it up to good old capitialism greed in corp America.

this greed you find everywhere not just in America

yes, but it's not easy to find people outside the US who are proud of NOT having any health insurance. It's ignorant, nothing else.