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Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep... by SmellyGeekBoy on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:18AM (#18854346)
Not strictly true - we do pay a nominal fee for prescription drugs and NHS dentists (although some classes of people, eg students and retired people, are exempt).
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Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep... by kitd on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:32AM (#18854421)
Additionally, a lot of long-term care in the UK is provided by charities (Cancer Research, Macmillan, Heart Foundation, etc) which can be expensive but IIRC doesn't appear in the NHS budget.
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Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep... by Robin_Message on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:52AM (#18854481)
True enough. I was thinking of specialist Doctors appointments, which are covered. It seems crazy, in a kind of roll your own adventure way, to pay for diagnosis, per specialist.

I sort of imagine conversations going like:

Doctor A: You might have this other nasty thing, but I'd have to send you to doctor B to check. Doctor B will cost you a hundred bugs. Patient: I don't have a spare $100 Doctor A: we'll just hope it isn't that then. Me: WTF?

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Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep... by arethuza on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @09:31AM (#18855698)
No prescription fees here in Scotland!
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