Dont think we will fare well out of this.......

Guzzler said:

It is not 'Other peoples money'. We pay into a system and as long as that system is well maintained then everyone is happy. Successive governments have underfunded the system and some politicians are in favour of the American model and in recent times have endeavoured to bring this about by the back door.

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TheBigNewt said:

Part of the problem is that probably 20% of the people use up 80% of the healthcare budget. But they pay in the same as the other 80% that don't use much. If something happens to what that 80% puts in the system "runs out of other people's money". Then they have to cut back or raise the payments. Like @donnellysdogs said they had to chip in some of their own money. How much do you need to pay for private insurance there? $500/month? Then can you just blow off the whole NHS shuffle entirely?

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SueJB said:

Sorry,I must have missed something. What's your point and where do you get the figures from?

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TheBigNewt said:

That's a classic problem with socialized medicine: they run out of other people's money to spend. So they give you the old NHS shuffle and you get no care. Here it's the opposite, fee-for-service. First thing they do is take some X-Rays of your insurance plan then the start ordering tests and bill the beejesus out of it. And leave you with the copay of course.

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DavidGrahamJones said:

Just been sent a petition, hope it's OK to post link.

https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/c...utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2018-03-01

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