Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life
by switch007 on Friday February 02, 2018 @05:57PM
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> I have no idea what it costs.
£124bn ($175bn) give or take a few pounds. That does of course include some other people's health care too ! ;)
Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life
by Broken_Hippo on Saturday February 03, 2018 @04:07AM
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Total, sure. But not for each individual procedure, which effectively takes money out of the equation for care. When this happens, care changes as does follow through - or at least it has with me moving from the US to Norway.
I have no idea what it costs.
The health care professionals treating me tend not to have any idea what it costs either.
Some accountant somewhere in the Trust will know, and will bill the appropriate code to the Clinical Commissioning Group.
But if you compare like for like treatment in England and the US you'll find the cost to NHS England is far lower than the prices charged in the US.