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"the attitude towards healthcare : it's not a business, rather a right" "I first heard the words "Preexisting condition" when I moved to London and researched
by manarth 10y ago
"the attitude towards healthcare : it's not a business, rather a right"
"I first heard the words "Preexisting condition" when I moved to London and researched private insurance there."
Might that be a reflection that it's private healthcare in a country which already provides free healthcare?
The human right to healthcare is already catered for in the UK, through the NHS, so private healthcare doesn't have to accommodate the right, it's simply a business.
- user5994461 10y agoThere are both in France. You have the official national healthcare that you're forced to pay "la securite sociale" and a wide range of private healthcare that you're forced to pay as well "une mutuelle".
- gcp 10y agoprivate healthcare that you're forced to pay as well "une mutuelle" You're not actually forced to pay them, are you?
- user5994461 10y agoYou are definitely forced to pay. Noawadays, it's even picked and forced by your employer (but taken on your pay). You may not be able choose or deny the plan you're offered. It's messy.
- emmanuel_1234 10y agoIt's forced from your employer. This is, in fact, a benefit most of the time (as your employer also contributes to it).
- user5994461 10y agoIt's not a benefit when you're forced to take it AND your wife is forced to take one as well (that both cover both of you). So you end up paying double. Then not only it's taken away from your pay directly by the company but it's also a taxable benefit so you pay taxes on top. Just saying.