NHS performs world’s first double hand transplant for scleroderma

[Tommy Tainant]

NHS performs world’s first double hand transplant for scleroderma

Roof tiler whose hands were left unusable by autoimmune disease says surgery gave him ‘new lease of life’

www.theguardian.com

I expect that this will become commonplace one day but it is still an amazing thing. Even more amazing is that this lucky fellow did not have to pay for this procedure.Socialist medicine at the cutting edge and free at the point of delivery.

It giives me a warm feeling that my taxs have paid for this life changing work.

 

[Mac1958]

Holy crap. Cool.

 

[Dekster]

NHS performs world’s first double hand transplant for scleroderma

Roof tiler whose hands were left unusable by autoimmune disease says surgery gave him ‘new lease of life’

www.theguardian.com

I expect that this will become commonplace one day but it is still an amazing thing. Even more amazing is that this lucky fellow did not have to pay for this procedure.Socialist medicine at the cutting edge and free at the point of delivery.

It giives me a warm feeling that my taxs have paid for this life changing work.

Good for him, but the percent of my income I pay for market-rate insurance with no obamacare credit is still lower than it would be in the UK paying into the national insurance with its base rate of 13.5% of earnings.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Good for him, but the percent of my income I pay for market-rate insurance with no obamacare credit is still lower than it would be in the UK paying into the national insurance with its base rate of 13.5% of earnings.

I really doubt that. NI pays for your state pension as well.

 

[Dekster]

I really doubt that. NI pays for your state pension as well.

Us SS is 6.2%. My health insurance is less than $600 per month.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Us SS is 6.2%. My health insurance is less than $600 per month.

What happens when you stop paying that ?

 

[Dekster]

What happens when you stop paying that ?

If you stop paying into SS but are still making money, the IRS does their thing. If I stop making money and paying my health insurance I guess I would go on medicaid.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

If you stop paying into SS but are still making money, the IRS does their thing. If I stop making money and paying my health insurance I guess I would go on medicaid.

We get healthcare from cradle to grave. We do pay to park in the hospital car park but that is no big deal.

 

[Dekster]

We get healthcare from cradle to grave. We do pay to park in the hospital car park but that is no big deal.

It all depends on your situation and perspective I suppose. My 22% tax rate in the US would be 40% in England (which is where 80% of the NHS funding really comes from) and a healthy chunk of my income would be taxed there in the top tier for the National Insurance besides the 15% employer kick in. This isn't because I am loaded. I am fairly middle class. I just have an income that crosses into the 6 figure range because I inherited some property that I rent out and bought some more after the great recession for chump change, have a job that pays me mainly on commission, have another store-front business, and play the stock market.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

It all depends on your situation and perspective I suppose. My 22% tax rate in the US would be 40% in England (which is where 80% of the NHS funding really comes from) and a healthy chunk of my income would be taxed there in the top tier for the National Insurance besides the 15% employer kick in. This isn't because I am loaded. I am fairly middle class. I just have an income that crosses into the 6 figure range because I inherited some property that I rent out and bought some more after the great recession for chump change, have a job that pays me mainly on commission, have another store-front business, and play the stock market.

It isnt a straight 40%. It is 40% on income above £30k So the first few thousand is tax free and the next trabche is taxed at 20% up to 30k. I might be off a few % here.
There are also exemptions on savings and pension contributions.
You can save 9k a year into an isa which is tax free an 50k into a sipp or pension plan.