Mortgages, being unemployed, etc, etc, etc ..(Split from national healthcare thread)
Aug 12th 2009, 6:14 pm
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Mortgages, being unemployed, etc, etc, etc ..(Split from national healthcare thread)
When I was in teaching you could get retirement at any age on ill health grounds, it would keep the wolf from the door.
Aug 12th 2009, 6:16 pm
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Re: Confused Yankee wants the truth on uks example of a national health care.
I'm betting that it can be done in the UK as well.....the plus side is you don't have to worry about insurance. However, you do still have to worry about your other obligations should you lose a job because your ill. My husband's company did have a very good sick leave in the UK - much, much better then here. However, the companies that I worked for over there did not. I would have been out of luck.
In saying that, our neighbor just went back to work at his company and same position after being off work for 9 months and being paid disability. He has a union job, so perhaps that makes a difference.
In saying that, our neighbor just went back to work at his company and same position after being off work for 9 months and being paid disability. He has a union job, so perhaps that makes a difference.
BTW many don't...the mortgage is paid for by the UK social services.
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Aug 12th 2009, 6:26 pm
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Re: Confused Yankee wants the truth on uks example of a national health care.
but you can still get benefits to cover the mortgage
Aug 12th 2009, 6:29 pm
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Aug 12th 2009, 6:31 pm
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Aug 12th 2009, 6:31 pm
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Re: Confused Yankee wants the truth on uks example of a national health care.
Mortgage interest to be precise. But the basic point is that the difference between the two countries is that in the UK, you are extremely unlikely to have to worry about a medical bill-related bankruptcy, something that is the commonest cause of personal bankruptcy in the US.
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I'm NOT grasping at straws, JG. I was commenting on what Thyd wrote.....
Aug 12th 2009, 6:32 pm
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Actually going back and looking at what Thyd wrote, it was that an employer could sack you if you were ill from work..... And my comment was that it can be done in the UK as well. Which would lead to problems meeting your other obligations....
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Aug 12th 2009, 6:33 pm
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Yes you are...you are making the most outrageous comments to diss the UK.
Again they wouldn't...if they couldn't come to some agreement with the mortgage company...in most cases the SS will pay the mortgage.
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Aug 12th 2009, 6:37 pm
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Aug 12th 2009, 6:37 pm
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that someone could lose their house because they were off from work? sure it could....and that's exactly what I meant.
Actually going back and looking at what Thyd wrote, it was that an employer could sack you if you were ill from work..... And my comment was that it can be done in the UK as well. Which would lead to problems meeting your other obligations....
Actually going back and looking at what Thyd wrote, it was that an employer could sack you if you were ill from work..... And my comment was that it can be done in the UK as well. Which would lead to problems meeting your other obligations....
Originally Posted by Thydney
You would never lose your house to pay for medical stuff.