From: Jonathan Davis (jonathan.davis@lineone.net)
Date: Mon Jun 23 2003 - 07:59:49 MDT
Dear Kharin,
Whilst I think the points that you and Hermit make are completely valid,
something is missed. The system was created to cater to the medical needs of
the citizenry - trivial or serious. What it is not able to sustain is free
medical care for anyone in the world who can get here and claim asylum. I
am afraid that the NHS will be so abused that it will end up as an insurance
based system like they have in America.
Regards
Jonathan
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Kharin
Sent: 20 June 2003 21:15
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"As it is, the reason that medical schemes fail is usually because they
encompass millions of legitimate trivial claims, not because of fraud or
expensive treatments."
Quite. Hospitals and sugeries are filled with the ranks of the worried well,
to such an extent that the prospect of supply outstripping demand is almost
certainly impossible. Immigrants or no immigrants, I am unable to recall any
time when the NHS managed to function adequately. As a consequence of this,
the service that allegedly prides itself on free access at the point of use
periodically ponders rationing at the point of use; the fat, smokers,
immigrants, or indeed, anyone who might have the temerity to be ill.
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