Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Barryw did ask me to look up the above so i did.
without doubt there are some positives,
but also negatives,like;
Germany has a shortage of nurses which is having a big effect on patient care.
people in the insurance plan have to pasy 10 euro's per quarter to be able to see a GP.
No longer any free services.
Have to pay for non prescription drugs
german people feel the german health service is expensive
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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very good Keith ----- just picking soley up on the points you raise.
Personally I consider the Euro 10 every 3 months (works out at the equivilent to c. £2.50 per month) to see a GP as very sensible at a minimal cost. As for paying for non-prescription drugs - no different to here then and the NHS. Did you find out the arrangements for people on very low wage/benefits? - no-one is denied treatment in Germany after all.
Shortage of nurses, not necessarily something to do with the insurance based system as such and the good thing is that there is a market response to such shortgages.
As for no free services - there are no free services in the UK either, or anywhere, all the services have to be paid for one way or another.
Expensive - well that is a universal complaint about just about anything and everything everywhere and an easy one to say.
A good one Keith.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Over here the following charges apply
£35 for a Doctors appointment. You pay even if you fail to attend.
£150 for a Doctors home visit
£17 per blood test
Free presciptions.
The Philippines recognises the world shortage of Nurses and as a result have built Nursing Universities that provide Degree level English speaking nurses for employment around the world. In return the Nurses must work for a full 3 years in the Phils before being granted an exit visa to seek better paid nursing jobs overseas.
Marek
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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You will find baz i'm balanced in my viewpoint i have said that the N.H.S. is not perfect, the problem mr cameron now has is that like mr hansell has stated in the independent, mr cameron has stated he wont go down the road of privatisation route, and the N.H.S will always be safwe in his hands.
And his latest quote of back me or sack me, may well come home to roost
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Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Same price list there Marek as Ireland (Republic) except they also pay for their prescriptions and huge amounts too
I have a lot of German friends, most of them Doctors and they tell me how good the German Health Service is. When any of their relatives get ill, they are whisked of to the nearest hospital and all tests are done in record time. It seems they are well known for their excellence and efficiency
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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As I said before I was in a German Hospital for about 3weeks when working over there and as I walked back to my flat from work at 22.00hrs I got hit by a car,yes i was well treated but it all had to paid for. and that was in 1982.And france was the same in the 1970s after I was taken ill on a ship I was working on.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i wasn't surprised about jersey but thought that the irish republic would have much the same system as here.
i must admit to liking things free at the point of use(presriptions and dental fees are not though).
pay in a lot when you are young and rarely need the service then when you do need it nobody has to worry whether they can afford the treatment.