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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 4592711, member: 29"]Scotland and Wales get free prescriptions. The most you can pay for drugs is a little over £100 a year in England, but many are exempt. Waits for other things do vary but you can elect to go out of area. My very recent experience of ambulance response and major emergency care was that it was superb. </p><p><br /></p><p>National Insurance is only payable if you work. I had private insurance with some employers, used it a couple of times out of convenience or for things like chiropractic. If you go private, the main difference is better food. You basically get the same consultant. </p><p><br /></p><p>I well remember my dear friend in CA who died from pancreatic cancer. Even with her husband's excellent medical insurance - he worked for the county - it cost them ten grand in drugs a year. Another friend could not afford his cancer surgery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 4592711, member: 29"]Scotland and Wales get free prescriptions. The most you can pay for drugs is a little over £100 a year in England, but many are exempt. Waits for other things do vary but you can elect to go out of area. My very recent experience of ambulance response and major emergency care was that it was superb. National Insurance is only payable if you work. I had private insurance with some employers, used it a couple of times out of convenience or for things like chiropractic. If you go private, the main difference is better food. You basically get the same consultant. I well remember my dear friend in CA who died from pancreatic cancer. Even with her husband's excellent medical insurance - he worked for the county - it cost them ten grand in drugs a year. Another friend could not afford his cancer surgery.[/QUOTE]
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