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Have we done this Daily Wail one yet?
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Privatise the whole thing. Id rather PAYG as and when I need their 2nd rate care than pay for everyone else to get it for free. -
Originally posted by escapeUK View PostPrivatise the whole thing. Id rather PAYG as and when I need their 2nd rate care than pay for everyone else to get it for free.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostDo you think a private A&E is going to treat you without seeing evidence of ability to pay? Do you really think it will be cheaper if you happen to need it?
Have been ill recently, I saw a different doctor each time I went in. Each one told me something different, first one I would be better in a couple of days, second one a week later, it could take a few weeks. Third one, 3 weeks later. Oh no, it can take months for this to go. The blood tests took a week to take blood and a week to get a result that showed nothing. Doctor four suggested that maybe I was really depressed and it was all in my mind, strange how someone else at clientco had the exact same symptoms. Doctor five who I saw after I was better said, oh it was probably just a virus. This was the first time the word virus was mentioned.
During this time I wasnt working, so cost me thousands in lost earnings, which I spelt out to Doctor four that if I wanted to not work I just would and not make up a pretend illness. Now it might be that it was a virus that nothing could be done for, and therefore the time off was unavoidable. But one has to wonder if I had actually been paying my cash direct to the practise they might have been a bit more efficient, because as we stand at the moment whatever happens they get the same money regardless.Comment
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Originally posted by escapteUKtell me anything run by the government that isnt a massive waste of money and completely inefficient?
Originally posted by escapeUK View PostBut one has to wonder if I had actually been paying my cash direct to the practise they might have been a bit more efficient, because as we stand at the moment whatever happens they get the same money regardless.
One also wonders why you didn't just go private and pay in this case?Last edited by doodab; 14 October 2012, 14:00.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Where, in the story, does it say they can turn away Britons?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWhere, in the story, does it say they can turn away Britons?
Originally posted by doodab View PostOne also wonders why you didn't just go private and pay in this case?Last edited by escapeUK; 15 October 2012, 06:35.Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWhere, in the story, does it say they can turn away Britons?
What they mean is if you're not in the catchment area and you want to make a routine visit (non-emergency) visit then you maybe asked to go to the GP who covers your area. Which incidentally would apply to a foreigner as well.
However it's good for selling newspapers as you can twist the story so it appears that foreigners are given preferential treatment. Gets everybody mad you see, they can all splutter their toast over the breakfast table and shout "bloody foreigners".Last edited by BlasterBates; 15 October 2012, 06:50.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostNowhere.
What they mean is if you're not in the catchment area and you want to make a routine visit (non-emergency) visit then you maybe asked to go to the GP who covers your area. Which incidentally would apply to a foreigner as well.
However it's good for selling newspapers as you can twist the story so it appears that foreigners are given preferential treatment. Gets everybody mad you see, they can all splutter their toast over the breakfast table and shout "bloody foreigners".And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by escapeUK View PostId have ability to pay, so no problem and yes,Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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