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Not just the kind of hospital room, but I'd say it's the main difference (there are many different supplemental insurance products anyway). And I don't thing "s
by kgwgk 6y ago
Not just the kind of hospital room, but I'd say it's the main difference (there are many different supplemental insurance products anyway). And I don't thing "semi-private insurance" is a thing anywhere else.
Even if you're right and the term is used more generally than I thought, my main point stands: it's quite different from what people in other countries call "private health insurance" so in the context of the discussion here the distinction is relevant.
- nix23 6y ago>my main point stands: it's quite different from what people in other countries call You never made that point...sorry
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- kgwgk 6y agoI got slightly side-tracked when you said "we mean" and I wanted to clarify if you meant "the people having this discussion in this thread". But I actually made the point: Supplementary insurance is conceptually different, by definition, from comprehensive private health insurance which provides alternative coverage for what is already covered within the public healthcare system. Maybe I could have added for more clarity: And that's what the person you replied to means with "very few people have private health care in Europe, at least in the UK".