Money grabbing *********

[EternalOptimist]

Going back to the original post - this reminds me of the Doctor (sports injury specialist) I saw in Austria after I hurt my knee skiing. The receptionist explained to me before-hand that the cost of his time and X-rays were free (paid for by the Austrian tax-payer under reciprocal agreement) but that I'd have to pay for items like crutches etc. After I saw him she charged me £140 for the knee brace his assistants fitted at the end of the examination. I later saw a similar one in a shop for abour £50 and an identical one online in the UK for about £70.

I didn't lose out though. Initially I got only the difference over my £120 excess back from my insurers, then later I got another £50 from them, as they'd reclaimed money from the NHS, and weren't allowed to keep any profit. Then some NHS computer I didn't know had heard of me sent me a cheque for a few pounds more. So it ended up costing me what it should have done. And the NHS the same again.

bluddy heck. It's good to know something works properly

[Tarquin Farquhar]

According to the glasses-direct.co.uk web site FAQ, you are "entitled" to a copy of your prescription after an eye test, presumably meaning you don't have to pay.

For glasses, yes, but not for contact lenses.

[xoggoth]

Oh good grief!!! Dim is a cat owner? How disillusioned I am.

[Zippy]

Oh good grief!!! Dim is a cat owner? How disillusioned I am.

Bog off. Cat owners are as hard as nails

[Addanc]

The ill-educated working class always resent the clever upper-middle class.
You should have worked harder at school/had better genetically endowed parents, shouldn't you?

Sasguru peer group, we oiks were never lucky enough to suffer generations of inbreeding. Bring on the class war