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I may live in New York, but I’d be lost without the NHS

I may live in New York, but I’d be lost without the NHS

Old Mar 17th 2018, 4:16 pm
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Old Mar 17th 2018, 5:22 pm
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Originally Posted by Boiler
I had a cycling accident years ago but otherwise the only one I can think of was updating my jabs to move over here.
Maybe I should have phrased it differently. By interaction, I was referring to things like being registered with a local GP even if you don't visit them.
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Old Mar 17th 2018, 5:31 pm
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I never came off the roll, but think they cull every now and then.
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Old Mar 17th 2018, 7:01 pm
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Originally Posted by Boiler
I never came off the roll, but think they cull every now and then.
Some doctor's practices send out letters every year or two asking patients to confirm their address. If you don't confirm, they take you off the list.

Other practices don't.
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Old Mar 17th 2018, 9:19 pm
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National Insurance predates the NHS and the two are completely unrelated in terms of access; payment or non-payment of NICs has no effect on someone’s ability to access NHS services but the NHS is funded from general taxation and NICs.
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Old Mar 18th 2018, 3:21 am
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A lot of Americans don't understand any of this either, and it's corrosive to the health care debate in the US.

For every right-winger who thinks NHS is a nation-busting money pit and a six-month spot on a wait list for a gunshot wound to the head, there is a left-wing Bernie Bro who thinks NHS is "free" health care for everyone and doesn't understand that it gets funded from somewhere and that there are restrictions on it. Or that wait lists for non-emergency treatment are in fact a real thing.
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