ChrisMayLA6,
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While accurate data is hard to assemble, it now looks like around 8-10% of people who are 'self-paying' for private medical treatment are borrowing the money.

As the Tory defunding strategy has pushed more people into the arms of private healthcare so their chums in financial services are also starting to garner some more business.

That desperate people are being forced into indebtedness to pay for treatment is a sad confirmation of the Tory's strategy of wrecking the NHS.

JoeQuinlan,
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@ChrisMayLA6

If Britain loses the NHS, it will become more like the USA. Prepare to experience the American plague of MEDICAL BANKRUPTCY.

GhostOnTheHalfShell,
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@JoeQuinlan @ChrisMayLA6

Oh come now, this is because everything costs 5x or 10x more. You have the EU for medical tourism, while in the US people use Mexico dental, kneels, etc or other nations like Canada for life saving prescriptions.

Wen,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @JoeQuinlan @ChrisMayLA6 EU for medical tourism? I’m not sure you really know much about Europe.

GhostOnTheHalfShell,
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sufferforme,
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@ChrisMayLA6
10 years ago I dislocated my sacroiliac joint, suffered from debilitating damage to my sciatic nerve. 24/7 intense pain not stopped with painkillers & an appointment to see a specialist 6 months away, i eventually went private. Diagnosed within 2 minutes, started treatment straight away. Couldn't work for a year. Lost taxes to Govt. Lost my house. For something the specialist told me I could have recovered from in 2 weeks if diagnosed straight away. Tory cost savings?

GhostOnTheHalfShell, (edited )
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@ChrisMayLA6

In the US we use gofundmes as another option for medically necessary procedures like cancer treatments and similar.

commercialize everything baby, bringing freedom and prosperity just like Friedman claimed in 79.

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