paying for health care in uk

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Quote from gwb-trading:



Seems like the "socialist" countries have a much better deal for their citizens.


You should move there then. I'm sure they would love to have someone like you to support.
 
Quote from RAY:

I also say everyone should have Life Insurance too. Is it fair that I have it, and others don't? I think not! If Joe Blow dies without insurance what is homemaker Jane Blow going to do?

We should all have great car insurance. Imagine the productivity gained by keeping our citizens on the road.

... and Nutrition is lacking. We should provide 3 QUALITY meals a day, to every American. Hell, lets throw in a personal trainer too. Think of all the personal trainer jobs we would create!

We should all get BMW 750li's too. They make any commute, or driving experience better. Think of all the lives we could save by surviving accidents one would have perished in if they were still driving a 1985 Corolla.

You know, some families are going on a nice family vacations. They are great, everyone should be able to enjoy this. It will improve our quality of life, and family bonding. If we all could go on great family vacations we would improve parenting, we would lessen the number of criminals housed in jails/prisons, saving Americans millions!

Wow, man what were we thinking all these hundreds of years? All of this great stuff for FREE!!! Just imagine the America we could have if we had thought of this sooner!

PS. I have a solution for the quality and quantity drop with socialized medicine; PAY the doctors, nurses, EMS, Hospitals DOUBLE what they make now. Damn, I should be in Washington! Maybe I'll run for Congress ... I'll give everyone TONS of FREE shit.

Nothing in this life is free...including socialized healthcare. Where are you getting this strange idea that it will be free?
 
Quote from Kassz007:
Nothing in this life is free...including socialized healthcare. Where are you getting this strange idea that it will be free?
non profit vs US for profit

charging for doctor visits just sends people to hospital emergency rooms

i believe that the US pharma advertising costs are greater than their research-development
budgets since they have to advertise twice, to the patient and to the doctors etc

long time since i've been in the UK but there used to be 'private' pay-to-see consultants
don't know if this extended to surgical proceedures, however it definitely resulted in queue jumping
if there is also pay-for-proceedure where the surgeon is paid to operate - not sure if
others involved are also paid, i'm wondering if the surgeon pays the hospital for the
services used or gets them for free, because i think 'he'd' be then getting those services
for free but at the expense of the hospital/NHS budget

Canada's system has modest provincial insurance fees that are subsidized in whole or
part based on a given income and works well
 
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