Author Topic: How would you rate dental/health care in the U.K.? (Read 5063 times)

brandy@saafe · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 September 2009, 03:27:41 pm »

Quote from: Evie on 10 September 2009, 02:38:42 pm

Great film, My fav is when you hear the tape of Nixon discussing the health care plans and they basically say 'the genius thing is we're going to give them LESS care, it's run for profit!' and he basically goes 'good stuff, we'll sell treating the sick as communist unless they have a good bank loan'

Remember the woman who suffered from asthma post 9/11? $200 for an inhaler which she got for $7 in Cuba. Or the old geezer at the beginning of the movie who had to choose which finger to sew back on, after he lost two of them in a sawing accident.

Topically, President Obama has suffered a big dip in popularity this week as he tries to reform American healthcare. Good for him for sticking to his guns.

xw5 · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 September 2009, 09:32:37 pm »

Quote from: Abby on 09 September 2009, 11:12:47 am

However, finding a dentist that sees NHS patients is like the proverbial needle in a haystack, even for children who are absolutely and rightfully so entitled to free dentist care.

We had to go on a 2 year long waiting list to see a NHS dentist here, that is my children had to wait that long, for a checkup!!

Part of the problem is the NHS contract with the dentists pays them less than some of them think they should have to do various bits of work: 'we can't do it properly for this money, so we're not going to it at all'.

Even so, your local PCT should absolutely be contracting sufficient dental services - with an election coming soon, MPs and candidates are going to be particularly sensitive about health issues like this. Kick up a fuss.

xw5 · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 September 2009, 09:35:30 pm »

Quote from: brandy@saafe on 10 September 2009, 03:27:41 pm

Topically, President Obama has suffered a big dip in popularity this week as he tries to reform American healthcare. Good for him for sticking to his guns.

There is a huge amount of money for some people to lose, and they don't like it.

One of the leaders of an anti-reform 'astroturf' - something that pretends to look like a genuine grassroots organisation, but is fake - used to head a health provider that was fined over a billion dollars for systematic over-charging.

UrbaneAspects · « **Reply #18 on:** 10 September 2009, 11:22:49 pm »

Just to let y'all know, Im reading this. All very helpful, I just cant seem to comment as I dont know much about healthcare

brandy@saafe · « **Reply #19 on:** 10 September 2009, 11:41:37 pm »

Quote from: xw5 on 10 September 2009, 09:35:30 pm

There is a huge amount of money for some people to lose, and they don't like it.

One of the leaders of an anti-reform 'astroturf' - something that pretends to look like a genuine grassroots organisation, but is fake - used to head a health provider that was fined over a billion dollars for systematic over-charging.

And the irony is that millions of Americans are in medical debt trying to pay their bills off.

UrbaneAspects · « **Reply #20 on:** 11 September 2009, 04:32:46 am »

Quote from: brandy@saafe on 10 September 2009, 11:41:37 pm

And the irony is that millions of Americans are in medical debt trying to pay their bills off.

you could not have said it any better. And my next major dental procedure is going to be coming out of pocket

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