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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 25th 2012, 6:15 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

This is a bad situation to be in. Have you looked into insurance through your state or moving to a state where you can get insurance? ie MA or VT

The US does provide good service when you have...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 20th 2012, 12:46 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

In the US screening for prostate cancer starts earlier than in the UK. People with insurance generally have a physical exam once a year and for men over 50 a prostate exam and blood tests are always...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 19th 2012, 1:53 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

They do have a certain point of view, so the statistics they quote need to be researched rather than taken at face value. The early screening for cancer in the US is probably a good thing, although...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 19th 2012, 3:20 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Yep the NHS does badly in cancer survival when compared to other developed nations. This is probably because of later screening norms in the UK. The early screening and detection of many cancers in...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 19th 2012, 2:16 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Whatever the NHS is, its better than a US system where people without insurance won't go to the doctor until they have stage 4 cancer......in the second article the author points out that in the UK...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 16th 2012, 5:19 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

FYI I was a bit cavalier (wrong) about what Medicare Costs in the US

For Part A which covers hospitalization
You pay:

* Days 1–60: $1,156 deductible for each benefit period.
* Days...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 15th 2012, 7:43 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

US healthcare is some of the best in the world, but also the most expensive and the hardest to access and so it leaves many people with staggeringly inadequate care. The ease of access that the NHS...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2012, 7:42 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Health tourism isn't a good thing.....but it's not a big issue. It should be stopped, but there are more critical things ton address with the NHS. Why do we fixate on the issues of foreigners and the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2012, 6:15 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Is most right? Certainly on BE most people are not fixated on the "problem" of health tourism. If you were to poll the readers of the Daily Mail I'd agree with the use of "most". No one is advocating...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2012, 6:04 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

had to live my life. Missed your reply and I don't think I'll miss much by not going over the posts to find it.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2012, 5:24 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Ah one of the 0.01%. Yes let's fixate on those........

In the UK treatment is obviously free at the point of service for residents and emergencies....and also at the discretion of the doctor. In...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 10:36 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

What a cop out, come on what else is wrong with the NHS. You are allowed to have opinions without needing to resort to consensus.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 8:51 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

OK. I understand your point of view now. I don't agree with it, but I get your concern with the problem.....however much it actually impacts the NHS. Unfortunately politics and perception are often...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 7:08 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

How would you fix the problem?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 7:02 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

I know unfortunately I realize that for many people the problem will never go away even if it is 0.0000000000001% of the NHS budget. Right now if the problem costs 50M pounds (I've seen estimates...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 7:01 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

What if you have millions of hamper club members and you found the chairman was embezzling millions of pounds and that also there were a couple of hundred folks getting 10 pound payouts who didn't...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 6:51 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

The greater enforcement of residency rules should reduce health tourism to even more microscopic levels, so it is being addressed, job done......now can we discuss real problems rather than perceived...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 6:41 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

I also subscribe to Private Eye and have read it since the early 80s. It's funny and tells more truths than any UK publication......but beware, it makes you very cynical. Reading it is like taking...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 6:22 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Health tourism is an issue for many people and certain sectors of the UK media, this thread proves it. However, it should not be an issue if we were only considering it's size or cost. It should not...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 2:23 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

The health tourism issue is just a way to distract people from the real problems of under funding and serious public health issues. The ageing population and conditions like diabetes an alzheimers...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 5th 2012, 11:57 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Maybe this has something to do with the Hippocratic Oath. I think a doctor should treat everyone they see. Afterwards, it's admin's job to get the bills right or before there should be some residency...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 4th 2012, 11:06 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

So what percentage of people with visitors visas indulged in NHS tourism...the number of visas is irrelevant


Told by whom and what are the numbers?



bad if true, but a drop in the NHS...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 4th 2012, 10:53 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

When someone males a claim they should back it up with a link.......
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 4th 2012, 8:16 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

10s of millions of pounds....the size of the issue sounds as small as ever. These managers are as poor at long division and percentages as all the other people that have this bee in their bonnet....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 27th 2012, 1:38 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,375
Posted By nun

Re: The Real NHS

Thanks I've read the links you provided, but suggesting I Google in the expectation that I will draw conclusions similar to yours doesn't address the life expectancy differences between similar...
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