On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:43:20 +0100, Martin wrote:
>On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:30:08 +0100, "Turan Fettahoglu"
>wrote:
>
>>>>Patients "cannot, in one episode of treatment, be treated on the
>>>>N.H.S. and then allowed, as part of the same episode and the same
>>>>treatment, to pay money for more drugs," the health secretary, Alan
>>>>Johnson, told Parliament.
>>>
>>> And why not??
>>
>>There is no reason.
>>
>>The German health insurance system has stopped paying for "everything", but
>>the consequence is that you have to pay the difference yourself - up to a
>>certain percentage of your income.
>
>or take out private insurance to cover the difference?
Gee, that US system again.
>
>>
>>It is just plain rubbish if the NHS insists "either we pay what we consider
>>appropriate or you pay the lot and we do not pay a penny".
>
>It's not rubbish, it's the rule, you either have NHS treatment or you have
>private treatment.
Which was exactly the problem wasn't it? |