A lot of companies now offer it as part of the benefits package. The question I'm asking which is not clear from the article is how many of those employees would have private healthcare if not offered by their company? I.e I feel these numbers need to be broken down further.
in Europe, everybody has free health care! But if you want to get seen by a competent Doctor, you have to get the private health care they also suspiciously offer.
You don't want it trust me. There are people here paying 100+dollars a week and you still have co-pays deductibles, can't walk into an ER without a bill in the thousands even with good coverage
Misleading and dangerously so. Having private heath insurance in the U.K. is only affordable to 1 in 8 people because the NHS is doing the heavy lifting. The private sector is able to cherry pick the less expensive stages of treatment.
It will cost a LOT more if NHS reduced to safety net model
This is a problem as I would say it shows where NHS is failing and needs ready work and improvement. The rise in an American health method will only diminish and doom more people.
The secret is private insurance is for knee and hip replacements, etc. the big stuff like cancer and heart issues you go the NHS, private insurance usually doesn't cover the extremely expensive stuff.
LaingBuisson a company that largely makes its money from Healthcare companies is trying to normalise private healthcare.
That private healthcare also includes dental, arguably the most screwed section of the NHS, but also the one that when you're suffering from any issue, you can't go to A&E...
...but you might be able to get a Private Dental appointment (maybe). I've had all my Wisdom Teeth out in the past year + yeah, that was no fun, little choice but to go Private for that or wait months in constant/can't sleep pain.
I'm sure Streeting's rubbing his hands with glee.
I'm happy to stand corrected, but I feel incredibly uneasy with people trying to normalise private healthcare when they should be arguing for it to be a basic human right.
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It will cost a LOT more if NHS reduced to safety net model
That private healthcare also includes dental, arguably the most screwed section of the NHS, but also the one that when you're suffering from any issue, you can't go to A&E...
I'm sure Streeting's rubbing his hands with glee.
This bad boy (I'm terrible at photos), the prongy/bottom bits were curling, hook-like back into my outer jaw.
So yeah, I paid.
As sad as it is, for certain type of ailments/injuries it's almost a must nowadays if you don't want to wait for year(s) for something to happen.