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making foreigners pay for NHS treatment
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BrianW | Report | 23 Nov 2016 19:02 |
I can't understand the logic that if you are prescribed medication for a thyroid problem then all of your medication is given free. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 23 Nov 2016 18:43 |
I'm in Wales and do not agree with free prescriptions - it was done once before for the whole of the UK and people just abused it |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 23 Nov 2016 18:40 |
Further to comments on Wales - Translate - whilst Wales may offer free prescriptions etc it is us poor taxpayers on England that are paying the bill......! |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 23 Nov 2016 18:23 |
I had lots of items at home after hubby died . How to dispose of them was a problem .seemed no one was interested in taken them back even though they had been delivered and not used from the NHS . Once delivered no one wanted to know |
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Inky1 | Report | 23 Nov 2016 17:25 |
Further to the comments re: "leftovers". |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 23 Nov 2016 17:24 |
Lyndi, that's what I thought about payments - no proper system in place!! |
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Lyndi | Report | 23 Nov 2016 16:54 |
Ann - many years ago I worked in an A&E department and some tourists did offer to pay, but there was no system in place for them to pay at the time or for them to be billed later. It would appear that not much has changed :-) |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 23 Nov 2016 16:17 |
I always thought that Wales made a mistake in letting everyone have free prescriptions. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 23 Nov 2016 15:44 |
not a lot evidently |
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supercrutch | Report | 23 Nov 2016 15:36 |
Agree Barbra. |
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Barbra | Report | 23 Nov 2016 14:59 |
I have long thought that people should pay for operations in this Country .we do have a service help for all .but it is abused I paid my Taxes when I worked as did many people .& now I get free . help & Care waiting for op at the moment .we are all humans & never know when we need help .when we go abroad correct me if wrong you take insurance out for medical emergency .& many counties .you only get medical help if you have insurance .USA for one .if we all contribute something think how much better the service would be .even donations in a waiting room .GP or Hospital ..they ask at Animal Charity*s PDSA for one .why not human beings ? |
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supercrutch | Report | 23 Nov 2016 14:18 |
Well the 'poor state' of the Wales NHS has ensured that we don't pay for prescriptions. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 23 Nov 2016 13:45 |
The NHS was never set up for direct payment by users and does not have any real capacity in its system to make such charges. Relative to overall NHS spend claims by foreigners which are not covered by the EU E111 emergency card are tiny. Changing NHS systems so as to incorporate systematic charging would be wildly uneconomic. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 23 Nov 2016 13:20 |
what exactly is stopping us from getting them to pay - if you are abroad, even in an EU country, the first thing you are asked for is money!! Go to a BUPA establishment, first thing you are asked for is money!! |
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