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In the USA if you have an accident, such as a torn ACL and need surgery, you can expect an initial bill of over £10,000.
Even if you have insurance, you need to pay an excess, or ‘co-pay’ for every element of the treatment. Every week you will receive bills in the mail, and whilst you are supposed to be recovering you have to battle with hospitals and insurance companies over these bills.
You’ll receive ‘demands for payment’ – maybe a week before Christmas you’ll receive a bill for ‘anaesthesiology’ for £1,000 and be told that payment needs to be made in full by the end of the month.
Even your after-care will come at a price. Expect to pay an insurance excess of around £30 for each physiotherapy session. Adds up when your doctor tells you to go three times a week.
Oh, and this is what you have to go through if you DO have insurance.
For anyone that likes to complain about the NHS, I’ll tell you – you would miss it if it were gone!
I have no complaints about the hospital treatment i recieved,all in all they give an excellent service.
I have to say though that the aftercare leaves a little to be desired.
The only complaints I had while in hospital was the lack of salad in the salads and I missed the good old matrons – well sort of :? – sorry that one’s a long story.
@will wrote:
i glad we have the nhs, n i wudnt want it any other way tbh. the only problem i have with em is that they r often under staffed n over worked, n most of them dont speek a word of english. sad but true
True??? I somehow doubt this. Surely you cannot be suggesting that “most” NHS employees cannot speak a word of English??? Maybe a few here and there don’t have quite the comand of the language that you clearly do – judging by your spelling at any rate – but to suggest that “most of them dont speek a word of english” is nothing short of ludicrous.
@will wrote:
@forumhostpb wrote:
@will wrote:
i glad we have the nhs, n i wudnt want it any other way tbh. the only problem i have with em is that they r often under staffed n over worked, n most of them dont speek a word of english. sad but true
True??? I somehow doubt this. Surely you cannot be suggesting that “most” NHS employees cannot speak a word of English??? Maybe a few here and there don’t have quite the comand of the language that you clearly do – judging by your spelling at any rate – but to suggest that “most of them dont speek a word of english” is nothing short of ludicrous.
my spellin is bad yes, but i can hold a decent convarsation. ppl can understand my spoken english. last time i went in hospital i asked em what was wrong with me n they explaned but cud i understand em cud i hell. it was broken english… with words missed out. thats the only problem i have with em… n apart from the long waitin hours n understaffed nurses… everythin else was tickety boo.
Might I suggest that your spelling is selectively bad will. :shock: :roll:
If you had problems understanding what you were being told you should of asked them to repeat it. No healthcare professional would knock you for that.
The NHS might not be perfect but, I for one am proud to work for it. :)
@will wrote:
@sarah_1 wrote:
@will wrote:
@forumhostpb wrote:
@will wrote:
i glad we have the nhs, n i wudnt want it any other way tbh. the only problem i have with em is that they r often under staffed n over worked, n most of them dont speek a word of english. sad but true
True??? I somehow doubt this. Surely you cannot be suggesting that “most” NHS employees cannot speak a word of English??? Maybe a few here and there don’t have quite the comand of the language that you clearly do – judging by your spelling at any rate – but to suggest that “most of them dont speek a word of english” is nothing short of ludicrous.
my spellin is bad yes, but i can hold a decent convarsation. ppl can understand my spoken english. last time i went in hospital i asked em what was wrong with me n they explaned but cud i understand em cud i hell. it was broken english… with words missed out. thats the only problem i have with em… n apart from the long waitin hours n understaffed nurses… everythin else was tickety boo.
Might I suggest that your spelling is selectively bad will. :shock: :roll:
If you had problems understanding what you were being told you should of asked them to repeat it. No healthcare professional would knock you for that.
The NHS might not be perfect but, I for one am proud to work for it. :)
suggest wot u like sarah. but my spellin is bad cos its bad nothin more nothin less. i dont chose to spell words wrong. i did ask em to repeat it severul times made no diffrence, i know this view is shared by others to. I am happy with the nhs, i jus think there shud be more english docs nothin wrong with that.
@will wrote:
u know i love ya, but i’m savin me penny’s so u can have an online card kk.
do u think she’ll appreciate the effort. :wink:
sometimes its amazingly correct though :-k (ok its text speak which makes me grind my teeth)
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