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> When you get care, is a portion paid by NHS and the remainder from the private company? It’d be NHS if the non-urgent treatment would be immediately availabl
by sgjohnson 5y ago
> When you get care, is a portion paid by NHS and the remainder from the private company?
It’d be NHS if the non-urgent treatment would be immediately available from them (which is basically never), otherwise I’d be sent to a private hospital.
> Or maybe the existence of NHS puts healthcare costs much less than that in the US.
This probably helps, but the US healthcare costs are just fucked for no good reason.
I like to look at South Korea as an example of reasonable costs in a healthcare system that’s 100% private (the government just picks up the tab afterwards).
- CRConrad 5y ago> the US healthcare costs are just fucked for no good reason. Amen to that. > I like to look at South Korea as an example of reasonable costs in a healthcare system that’s 100% private (the government just picks up the tab afterwards). From Britain you don't have to look that far abroad for this: Germany would suffice, AIUI, or maybe even just across the Channel to France. (But, hey, congrats on leaving the club of civilised nations.)