Re: UK to pay for medical and all health care !!!!! OHH NOO

[Guest guest]

It is so hard to get the medical care you need here in the U.S even with

insurance. Sometimes I think, if I were a dog they would have put me down LONG

AGO! lol

S*************

UK Donna wrote:

No free health care anymore (unless you are unable to pay). Or possible will not

be brought in no one care afford it.

No free prescriptions anymore, including pain medications which i think is

wrong. Asthma meds would not be necessarily covered.

More tax needs to be paid. For example higher council tax and car

tax.

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna

None of those things was ever " free. " The money comes from tax dollars.

If there aren't enough available tax dollars, then some of the cost

has to come from the individual.

From what I've read, it appears that the UK will follow the Australian

and Canadian models a little more closely for now. Medication in those

countries is covered on a sliding scale (ability to pay). It is still

way, way, way cheaper than in the US.

I've been in the USA for 10 years now. My basic insurance is over $600

per month. Then I pay a co-pay on each prescription. That varies from

$10 to $150. Right now I am staring at paying off $3,500 in extra

medical bills that insurance doesn't cover. I'm need some dental work

done, that I have to defer as that will be another $4,000.

I would rather pay the bit the UK is asking for, than fight through the

lack of a system that I'm dealing with now. The UK still looks darned

good to me!!!

Lyndi

UK Donna wrote:

> No free health care anymore (unless you are unable to pay). Or possible will

not be brought in no one care afford it.

>

> No free prescriptions anymore, including pain medications which i think is

wrong. Asthma meds would not be necessarily covered.

>

> More tax needs to be paid. For example higher council tax and car

> tax.

>

> They have upped the amount of time people work for the basic pain which is

around £3.50-£5.30 we use to have to work an hour to get that we now have to

work a minimum of 2 hours.

[Guest guest]

Donna, I would be interested in hearing more about your health care system in

the UK. If you wouldn't might, could you e mail?

I am interested in how it compares to the US. I am on Social Security

Disability and have medicare.

Thanks for much,

hugs

Tami

--- Donna wrote:

>

> I'm not sure if you get to hear the news that happens here in the UK for those

who live in the USA or other parts of the world. It was announced yesterday that

the budget deficit would come on to play.