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Re: 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change - mtread - 03-01-20
Quote: So you mean it pisses down with rain every day in your town?
Our little corner of Essex is allegedly the driest part of the country.
Which could explain why I'm watering the garden all bleeding summer
Re: 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change - mtread - 03-01-20
Quote: then again we do have an NHS that needs to be paid for and the French dontI thought I'd heard the French were taxed to the hilt, and their NHS was better than ours?
As to retirement age, I understood the problem was that each industry has its own separate age, and Macron is trying to unify them. The French therefore typically start setting fire to stuff.
Re: 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change - VNA - 03-01-20
Quote:then again we do have an NHS that needs to be paid for and the French don’tReally? :eek France has universal health care. France spends over 11% of GDP on health care – this is funded by the French National Health Insurance System.
The UK’s NHS is funded largely via National Insurance Contributions. The UK spends about 7.2% of GDP on the NHS.
France is recognised as providing the best universal care in the world.
Re: 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change - BBROWN1664 - 03-01-20
(03-01-20, 12:39 AM)VNA link Wrote:France is recognised as providing the best universal care in the world.
You still have to pay for it though through "social contributions" which are quite expensive and only provide the basic cover. There are also top up policies you can buy which provide cover for more expensive hospitals etc but its not "free" like the NHS is.
Re: 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change - fazersharp - 03-01-20
(03-01-20, 11:13 AM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote:[quote author=VNA link=topic=25834.msg307672#msg307672 date=1578008342]
France is recognised as providing the best universal care in the world.
You still have to pay for it though through "social contributions" which are quite expensive and only provide the basic cover. There are also top up policies you can buy which provide cover for more expensive hospitals etc but its not "free" like the NHS is.
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Re: 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change - mtread - 04-01-20
So does that mean in France, if you're unemployed and don't pay any contributions, you don't get any health care at all?
If they do, how is it so different to ours? Our NHS is not 'free'. We all pay, according to our income. Some people 'top up' for extra /quicker treatment by taking out private insurance.
Re: 2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change - BBROWN1664 - 04-01-20
(04-01-20, 01:22 AM)mtread link Wrote:So does that mean in France, if you're unemployed and don't pay any contributions, you don't get any health care at all?they get their mutualle paid as part of their benefits. If you have to pay it yourself, it is several hundred euros a month according to people I know who live there. With this, you can claim all but the excess back
If they do, how is it so different to ours? Our NHS is not 'free'. We all pay, according to our income. Some people 'top up' for extra /quicker treatment by taking out private insurance.