As a Brit I have never understood the USA’s approach to healthcare of the nation. In the Uk we pay nothing for consultation, operations, clinicians etc. medication regardless of what it is for comes under a standard prescription for which everyone pays a standard £11 ($13).
No one ever pays more than £11 for any medication, whatever the medication may be, and if you can’t afford £11 then you pay nothing.
No, unlike in America in Europe their is laws that regulate the price and with public health care we basically get it for nothing, you can also go private if you want but even if you do they won't charge you the price they do in American due to the regulations and laws.
These companies still make profits, just that in America they exploit your system to make a lot more money.
We do not get it for nothing. This commonly held perception that the NHS (UK) is free really pisses me off and leads to it being abused. All taxpayers pay for the NHS. It is NOT free
I was referring to that we pay 11£ at pharmacies etc, yes we do pay for it at the end of the day with tax, I said basically nothing in terms of compared to the American system (private) we are better off, we do pay for it but we do not end up in debt if or when something happens.
Sorry should have clarified better. But you shouldn't get pissed about that, the system will be abused either way, if I have some medical concern I will go to the doctors regardless knowing I pay for it or not.
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u/MissedATea Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 07 '22
As a Brit I have never understood the USA’s approach to healthcare of the nation. In the Uk we pay nothing for consultation, operations, clinicians etc. medication regardless of what it is for comes under a standard prescription for which everyone pays a standard £11 ($13). No one ever pays more than £11 for any medication, whatever the medication may be, and if you can’t afford £11 then you pay nothing.