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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 2nd 2013, 10:00 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

I certainly would take a supposed NHS "postcode lottery" over the US's "health insurance company lottery".
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 23rd 2012, 4:29 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

It's good to see though that this thread has moved away from the "Foreigners are to blame for the NHS's problems" meme.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 18th 2012, 7:39 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

The simple answer is that there is no reciprocal agreement for healthcare between the US and the UK. It sounds like you should be giving serious thought to returning permanently to the UK where you...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 7th 2012, 3:33 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

More specifically, an emergency room has to "medically stabilize" you. They aren't obliged to do anything else. And they will bill you. Of course, many of these bills go unpaid and the costs are then...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 7th 2012, 2:45 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

You mean like this :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0p6QVBqAXA
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 6th 2012, 6:24 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

I think my daughter's three mile ambulance trip was something like $1500.

One thing my employer is doing is instituting a $200 deductible for emergency room visits other than if there is "an...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 1st 2012, 10:55 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

I'm sceptical. The UK labour market participation rate has actually increased over the last half century. And even for those who don't, it's pretty difficult to avoid paying any taxation, VAT being...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 1st 2012, 6:35 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Given that the NHS is paid for out of current taxation, how could it be anything but? How could you legally deny coverage to a non-citizen legal resident? And, on the flip side, why should a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 25th 2012, 2:24 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Anyone who has insurance and is over 50 (?) is now entitled to a "free" colonoscopy. That may change if the Republicans overthrow "Obamacare". I think Medicare (over 65) also covers colonoscopies....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 24th 2012, 6:30 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

I'm unconvinced, because these factors would presumably also be at play in countries with better colon cancer survival rates. Does the NHS now provide five or ten yearly colonoscopies to everyone...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 19th 2012, 5:42 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

A lot, I'd say. The reality is that many die of cancer in the US and don't even figure in those statistics because they don't seek treatment until they are dying and visit an emergency room. Plus, as...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 16th 2012, 5:24 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

It's an absolute nightmare for many seniors to figure this stuff out. Of course, there is a legion of people willing to sort it all out for you for $$$ - another "hidden cost" of the US system of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 16th 2012, 2:24 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

That longevity is higher in the UK? That's easily checked. That it's caused by access to healthcare? That's more difficult to "prove" but there was a study - referenced by someone on this thread -...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 16th 2012, 2:19 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Thanks for the info. Anyone have a link to a similarly concise definition of "habitually resident"?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 15th 2012, 2:47 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

What's the difference between being ordinarily and habitually resident?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 14th 2012, 11:21 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Exactly.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2012, 5:31 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

And nor did anyone else, which I find interesting. Far easier to fixate on "health tourism", I guess.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 13th 2012, 4:12 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Free at the point of delivery if you're habitually resident. Citizenship isn't the determining factor.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 11th 2012, 12:01 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

I guess the correct anatomical term is a "discoid meniscus". About 3% have one. But the point is, absent an MRI you can't tell which 3% it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoid_meniscus
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 10th 2012, 4:34 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

I have an unusual spheroidal meniscus that couldn't have been deduced by clinical observation. I'm very glad my orthopedic surgeon deduced this from an MRI and had time pre-surgery to think about and...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 10th 2012, 12:05 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Interestingly, the web pages on the Department of Health website detailing NHS eligibility for GP and hospital care are no longer on the site. You can see them on the UK government archive though :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 10th 2012, 12:00 am
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Well, maybe, but I sure as heck wouldn't want someone doing surgery on my meniscus without having studied an MRI of it first.

I do take you general point though:- US doctors are all too quick to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 8th 2012, 5:54 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

Two studies mentioned in this say that malpractice suits increase medical spending between 2% and 5% and that the CBO found reforms of the tort system would reduce costs by 0.5%:
...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 8th 2012, 5:23 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

I disagree. Litigation has changed a lot of consumer-related things in the US. A good example is in the area of medical products where there are many examples of where class-action lawsuits have led...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 8th 2012, 5:10 pm
Replies: 725
Views: 51,374
Posted By Giantaxe

Re: The Real NHS

This isn't correct for damage cases like this. A lawyer would almost always handle it on a contingency basis, taking a percentage of the award (typically around 25%) if the case were won. If the case...
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