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> pay as little as 110 yen ($1) out of pocket for specialist appointments In the UK we pay nothing. I think this article is biased by American thinking.
by Robin_Message 8y ago
> pay as little as 110 yen ($1) out of pocket for specialist appointments
In the UK we pay nothing. I think this article is biased by American thinking.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoNot 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).
- kitd 8y agoAdditionally, 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.
- Robin_Message 8y agoTrue 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?
- arethuza 8y agoNo prescription fees here in Scotland!