08-05-13, 11:56 AM
Well if we made health insurance compulsory for foreign tourists we could soon rack up some nice fat claims and show a profit.
EG.. friend of mine holidays in Canada every year. Last year he fainted one morning, most probably due to a kingsize hangover.
When he came to he was in hospital with a shiny new pacemaker fitted???????????????
Never had any heart problems before or since but his insurance provider is probably around $30,000 poorer.
Meanwhile back in the UK, I have to go in for a colonoscopy on Friday. Preparation for this involves the dreaded PICOLAX purgative.
Last time they sent me two sachets in the post.
Now, due to cutbacks, I have to go to a chemist and buy these from my own pocket.
At present, if I was a tourist they would doubtless be provided free of charge.
Seems to me the NHS is clawing back pennies from people who have paid in all their lives and throwing literally hundreds of thousands at people who have not.
EG.. friend of mine holidays in Canada every year. Last year he fainted one morning, most probably due to a kingsize hangover.
When he came to he was in hospital with a shiny new pacemaker fitted???????????????
Never had any heart problems before or since but his insurance provider is probably around $30,000 poorer.
Meanwhile back in the UK, I have to go in for a colonoscopy on Friday. Preparation for this involves the dreaded PICOLAX purgative.
Last time they sent me two sachets in the post.
Now, due to cutbacks, I have to go to a chemist and buy these from my own pocket.
At present, if I was a tourist they would doubtless be provided free of charge.
Seems to me the NHS is clawing back pennies from people who have paid in all their lives and throwing literally hundreds of thousands at people who have not.
I used to not give a foc, then I discovered Red Bull and now I don't give a flying foc !!!