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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 578050" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>Brightside - A number of points.</p><p></p><p>Have you, or your family ever had any chronic care from the NHS? If you have, whilst significantly imperfect, you will not have had to sit down and work out how you pay for it, at a time you may have been unable to work, due to that incapacity.</p><p></p><p>I am currently living in a country where health care is priced, and paid for, at the point of delivery. No money = no operation/consultation/x-Ray/MRI/CT or whatever. To those living here, those things are sometimes a luxury they simply do not have. A couple of months ago, a friend of ours slipped and fell on his damp kitchen floor. Result: broken elbow. Treatment for his elbow? Certainly sir. That'll be $20,000 for the first phase, plus more for a second operation. </p><p></p><p>Secondly, whilst private hospitals in the ku I have fewer staff, they also have fewer patients, and none of the types of patients often absorbing so much manpower in NHS hospitals. Effectively, by finances, they cherry pick their patients.</p><p></p><p>And finally, in UK, you do have a choice. You can go privately for absolutely anything. I could introduce you to a practise of 3 fully private GPs tomorrow. Where I live in UK cannot be the only place with truly private practises. A private GP appointment isn't expensive, and thereafter, if you have comprehensive medical insurance most of your needs would be covered. Obviously, that depends on the depths of your pockets, just as the care the NHS provides is limited by the depths of tats pockets.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your ongoing diabetes journey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 578050, member: 88961"] Brightside - A number of points. Have you, or your family ever had any chronic care from the NHS? If you have, whilst significantly imperfect, you will not have had to sit down and work out how you pay for it, at a time you may have been unable to work, due to that incapacity. I am currently living in a country where health care is priced, and paid for, at the point of delivery. No money = no operation/consultation/x-Ray/MRI/CT or whatever. To those living here, those things are sometimes a luxury they simply do not have. A couple of months ago, a friend of ours slipped and fell on his damp kitchen floor. Result: broken elbow. Treatment for his elbow? Certainly sir. That'll be $20,000 for the first phase, plus more for a second operation. Secondly, whilst private hospitals in the ku I have fewer staff, they also have fewer patients, and none of the types of patients often absorbing so much manpower in NHS hospitals. Effectively, by finances, they cherry pick their patients. And finally, in UK, you do have a choice. You can go privately for absolutely anything. I could introduce you to a practise of 3 fully private GPs tomorrow. Where I live in UK cannot be the only place with truly private practises. A private GP appointment isn't expensive, and thereafter, if you have comprehensive medical insurance most of your needs would be covered. Obviously, that depends on the depths of your pockets, just as the care the NHS provides is limited by the depths of tats pockets. Good luck with your ongoing diabetes journey. [/QUOTE]
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