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Originally posted by vetran View Post
They will stop coming.
Is the only reason anyone comes to the UK to exploit the NHS?
Or are you saying that if we don't treat those who can't afford it, then they die, so they're not going to come back for more treatment.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostIt needs reorganising, it pays over the odds for medicines & services
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
They were discussing the US system on LBC and a lady did a very convincing sales pitch on medicare gap (USA option) until Nick Ferrari found out (from a researcher) that the average customer paid >$500 for the gap payments. For me the one statistic that convinces me is that 50% of bankruptcies are medical related. Your partner is dying and you end up bankrupt.
Just charging those not eligible will help.
Surely some sort of "Nursing Service", "Surgery Service", "Hospital Service" and "Aftercare Service" with a "Management Service" overseeeing can be put in place and funded from a central pot? An over simplification I know but surely something along these lines can make the individual areas more efficient and manageable.
Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
I can't work out whether you're referring to foreigners or the poor.
Is the only reason anyone comes to the UK to exploit the NHS?
Or are you saying that if we don't treat those who can't afford it, then they die, so they're not going to come back for more treatment.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Health tourism, low balled at £300 million a year, anecdotally its much higher.
It's more about principle and emotion than cost.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Health tourism, low balled at £300 million a year, anecdotally its much higher.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by Snooky View PostThis is just nonsense, certainly about the medicines. The NHS has huge bargaining power when it comes to pharmaceuticals and manufacturers agree reduced prices for guaranteed volumes.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/7...vercharged-nhs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ofen-year.html
Paracetamol made up £73.7million of the spend, being prescribed over 16million times, at about £4.50 a pack — roughly 15 times the price of a pack of paracetamol at supermarket Tesco.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
Yep. It's been happening for years - used to be one of my Mother's jobs, wandering round the wards handing bills to the health tourists. Ask 'em how they're going to pay their bill and most of 'em clam up and "no speaky de English".Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
Yep. It's been happening for years - used to be one of my Mother's jobs, wandering round the wards handing bills to the health tourists. Ask 'em how they're going to pay their bill and most of 'em clam up and "no speaky de English".
Or even better put them on the next plane out of Heathrow and ban them from entering the UK until they pay - though that would need a working immigration system."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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