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you can pay for a same day private GP appointment (~£150) they can refer in the same way an NHS GP can, and you can normally get a same week appointment (obvi
by blibble 2y ago
you can pay for a same day private GP appointment (~£150)
they can refer in the same way an NHS GP can, and you can normally get a same week appointment
(obviously you pay for it)
- xyzzyz 2y agoYes, the free market medicine solves some of the socialized medicine problems.
- blibble 2y agohaving the NHS there puts a cap on the price the private sector can charge generally the NHS is fantastic once you've been placed on the correct conveyor in the factory however getting to that point can be an absolutely dreadful experience I don't know how you fix this problem
- notnaut 2y agoAnd socialized medicine solves many of the employment-dependent privatized medicine problems! Funny world.
- tombert 2y agoI don't live in the UK, and I've never experienced anything "medical" in the UK outside of buying aspirin at an ASDA, so I'm kind of speaking out of my ass here. That said, it seems like having "free" competition would make it so that the private costs don't get crazy?
- tim333 2y agoIt probably helps although private medicine is fairly expensive here. Like a hip replacement is ~£14k. Some people save money by going abroad to say Lithuania or Thailand where the costs are like 1/3.