TheQuiet1
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I want to know about healthcare in other nations. More specifically, I want to know what you actually pay for. Here (as far as I'm aware, I've only just left full time education you see so I've only just started to be charged for things) you pay for:
1. The dentist. At a reduced rate but so many people find it hard to get on the books of a NHS dentist they end up going private where instead of paying for per appointment you pay a fixed sum annually so if you've got teeth problems it works out better, if you don't then it will work out worse. (At least that's my understanding of it. Of my family we have two NHSers, a private and one with no dentist at all but conversations about the differences in dentist billing are, oddly enough, rare.)
2. Prescriptions. Some people are exempt (OAPs, those in full time education, and some illnesses. Diabetics for example don't have to pay but those on repeat prescription for say blood pressure tablets do. Doesn't seem fair but I suppose you need to draw the line somewhere). Also, everyone pays the same price for it (£6.50) regardless of what it is. (Is that £6.50 a national figure or a local one?)
I think that's about it but if anyone else can add anything to NHS charges then please do.
The NHS is funded through taxation but is it general taxation or National Insurance? Because I've read things that adamently say it is just tax, not NI but others say it is NI!
Providing healthcare is not the only role of the NHS it also provides the British media with front page news and also gives the British public something to moan about other than the weather
So what does everyone else out in the big wide world pay for then?
1. The dentist. At a reduced rate but so many people find it hard to get on the books of a NHS dentist they end up going private where instead of paying for per appointment you pay a fixed sum annually so if you've got teeth problems it works out better, if you don't then it will work out worse. (At least that's my understanding of it. Of my family we have two NHSers, a private and one with no dentist at all but conversations about the differences in dentist billing are, oddly enough, rare.)
2. Prescriptions. Some people are exempt (OAPs, those in full time education, and some illnesses. Diabetics for example don't have to pay but those on repeat prescription for say blood pressure tablets do. Doesn't seem fair but I suppose you need to draw the line somewhere). Also, everyone pays the same price for it (£6.50) regardless of what it is. (Is that £6.50 a national figure or a local one?)
I think that's about it but if anyone else can add anything to NHS charges then please do.
The NHS is funded through taxation but is it general taxation or National Insurance? Because I've read things that adamently say it is just tax, not NI but others say it is NI!
Providing healthcare is not the only role of the NHS it also provides the British media with front page news and also gives the British public something to moan about other than the weather
So what does everyone else out in the big wide world pay for then?