Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
You can choose to go private in the UK and many people have insurance.Private healthcare in the UK is totally dependent on the NHS. Like a monkey on its back.I am very biased in favour of the health service.I heard enough stories as a child to make me appreciate what we have.
Good health should not be the preserve of the wealthy.
A better chance at good health will always be greater with the wealthy.
That is what money does.
However, a basic level of services should be available to everyone.
The NHS goes well beyond that and so does not get my support.
How can private insurance be totally dependent upon the NHS ?
The private insurers run small hospitals that will do specific types of treatment. They are staffed by Nurses and Doctors who have been trained in the NHS. They dont train anybody themselves.
They use the NHS as a back up. If something goes wrong in your private hospital they phone for an ambulance to take you to your local NHS hospital. They dont do emergencies as I guess there is no profit in it.
Finally the major private insurers are all set up as tax dodges in countries like Luxembourg.They do this to avoid paying taxes which support the NHS and other things.
They are happy to cherry pick the treatments and utilise the NHS to the max but strangely reluctant to actually pay taxes to support the system.It is as corrupt a situation as I have ever seen. Tax is just for little people I suppose.
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