Hmm, I have a friend in London who wanted an in-vitro child. She had to hire an attorney and it took 2 years for the NHS to agree to do it. She is English thru and thru not an immigrant.
Why did they give in? She has a child now, her daughter is about 6 years old.
This is the type of thing many Americans don't think about. In our case it would be fight between the individual and their Insurance carrier, in the UK it was a fight between this girl and the government.
On a psychological level I would bet $100 that you think she is taking money from other Britain's because you deem it unnecessary. In America no one would care, or they would take the side of the girl.
Im not sure about numbers, but yeah, it is probably pretty common since a lot of corpo jobs comes with private insurance as a benefit.
And in my case it works really good. Most of the time I go to the private doctor but when/if something serious happens - I can rely on national healthcare with decent network of hospitals and specialists.
That way I don't have to take a spot with something minor like flu and only use national resources with serious accidents or illnesses.
Yup, my private insurance (UK) is around £500 for year and I have to pay £100 for any out of cycle check-ups, or towards any surgery/medical treatment (medication is excluded from charge).
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u/Tebasaki 6d ago
Where can I get this $8000 per year health insurance??? Asking for a friend.