Avoid the British when on holiday
Jul 26th 2015 | 2:56 am
#346
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Do a simple calculation. £80 billion divided by 65 million divided by 12 months. That comes to roughly £100 per month per inhabitant on average for comprehensive healthcare. You may not always get everything you want, but you certainly get what you need. And..... For "free". No co-pay, no prescription costs, no requirement to pay supplemental insurance.
And what other systems beat that efficiency so 'handsomely'??
And what other systems beat that efficiency so 'handsomely'??
Compare that with the USA where a family often pays around $15,000 a year in insurance and even that probably won't cover everything.
Jul 26th 2015 | 3:46 am
#347
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
£100 per month per person is £1200/yr or approx $18,000
So a family with 2 kids would cost $72,000/yr.
Jul 26th 2015 | 4:05 am
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Aug 1st 2015 | 12:07 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
That the way "she" reacts , I find it extremely amusing that "EMR" is based in Portugal for 20 weeks a year & is a expert on everything Portuguese or thinks she is ! & now is passing her self off as a expert on Spain. 
This will be my 1st & last post on Spain, good luck posters.
This will be my 1st & last post on Spain, good luck posters.
Last edited by Ingles; Aug 1st 2015 at 12:10 am.
Aug 1st 2015 | 1:22 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
He wonders and ponders the basis of your argument.
Aug 1st 2015 | 1:37 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
My brother - in -law is currently here in Spain with us on holiday. He started his career as a mental health nurse then a General Nurse at QE in Birmingham and then to University and finally as a Senior Director of the NHS. So early doors very much hands on and then with exposure and experience to other things.
He wonders and ponders the basis of your argument.
He wonders and ponders the basis of your argument.
Costs recovered from reciprocal health arrangements with other countries, charges made to individuals plus insurance etc
In the scheme of things it is off course peanuts and since day 1 the NHS was not intended to be a profit making organisation but a service for those in need.
Aug 1st 2015 | 1:43 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Government figures.
Costs recovered from reciprocal health arrangements with other countries, charges made to individuals plus insurance etc
In the scheme of things it is off course peanuts and since day 1 the NHS was not intended to be a profit making organisation but a service for those in need.
Costs recovered from reciprocal health arrangements with other countries, charges made to individuals plus insurance etc
In the scheme of things it is off course peanuts and since day 1 the NHS was not intended to be a profit making organisation but a service for those in need.
How does one arrive at a profit whereby in the NHS true costs are not quantifiable. This is not a business.
Aug 1st 2015 | 1:52 am
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Aug 1st 2015 | 1:59 am
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Aug 1st 2015 | 2:45 am
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Do you really need an answer to your " who are those in need ".
Aug 1st 2015 | 4:31 am
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Aug 1st 2015 | 6:27 am
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