CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
Jan 9th 2009, 1:45 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
Yeah. We travel a lot in our company and have a worldwide group plan. It doesn't cover me in Canada but I'm covered anyway. It doesn't cover me in the UK, either, because it's a UK-issued policy and folk are presumed to be covered by the NHS, which I'm not any more. This virtual commuting lark has its complications.
Jan 9th 2009, 1:49 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
Jan 9th 2009, 1:57 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
It happens here in Ontario, it's not just a British sentiment - I work as a therapist in the accident benefits side of auto insurance here in Ontario and wish I had a loonie for every time a client got huffy when the insurer won't pay for something, citing their entitlement as they'd paid insurance for years and never made a claim before ... tis human nature, not just a British-ism.
If an auto insurer wants to fiddle its claims entitlement policy to be able to refuse more claims and so maximise its profits, that is a different matter entirely
Jan 9th 2009, 1:59 pm
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...and not unreasonable. Entitlement usually requires a prior consideration (i.e. you don't get something for nothing), and the payment of NI contributions is the consideration for NHS treatment.
If an auto insurer wants to fiddle its claims entitlement policy to be able to refuse more claims and so maximise its profits, that is a different matter entirely
If an auto insurer wants to fiddle its claims entitlement policy to be able to refuse more claims and so maximise its profits, that is a different matter entirely
Jan 9th 2009, 2:03 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
Jan 9th 2009, 2:06 pm
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Jan 9th 2009, 2:08 pm
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Jan 9th 2009, 2:15 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
Hmmmm...I haven't.
Even if what you say is correct I would put it past that buffoon Brown to be like others and get NI contributions confused with the NHS.
Even if what you say is correct I would put it past that buffoon Brown to be like others and get NI contributions confused with the NHS.
Jan 9th 2009, 2:21 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
Jerseygirl, you've got in one.
Everything is such an outrageous con over here at the moment. Everything we get charged in tax, whether it be income tax, NI, vehicle excise duty, etc. all seems to go into one big black hole (less a percentage for the politicians' retirement funds, of course).
Jan 9th 2009, 2:35 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
Jerseygirl, you've got in one.
Everything is such an outrageous con over here at the moment. Everything we get charged in tax, whether it be income tax, NI, vehicle excise duty, etc. all seems to go into one big black hole (less a percentage for the politicians' retirement funds, of course).
Everything is such an outrageous con over here at the moment. Everything we get charged in tax, whether it be income tax, NI, vehicle excise duty, etc. all seems to go into one big black hole (less a percentage for the politicians' retirement funds, of course).
Also the taxation rates here in Canada are much the same as the UK Province dependant. In manitoba we pay 13/14% on sales tax which is equivalent to the UKs 14% VAT.
I think its 22% tax out of a pay check which is the same as the UK.
Over here Fuels are taxed to essentially pay for the roads. which are horrible probably due to them not having enough money.
Garbage gets collected, streets cleaned/ploughed. Property tax is much the same as council tax in the UK if not more (property/location dependant).
Jan 9th 2009, 2:36 pm
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Re: CAN BRITS GET DENTAL,OPTICAL TREATMENT WHEN VISITING UK
It happens here in Ontario, it's not just a British sentiment - I work as a therapist in the accident benefits side of auto insurance here in Ontario and wish I had a loonie for every time a client got huffy when the insurer won't pay for something, citing their entitlement as they'd paid insurance for years and never made a claim before ... tis human nature, not just a British-ism.