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Janet

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> On 5/24/2014 4:49 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2014-05-24 4:28 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:

I've met
> several Brits and Aussies who also have private insurance. If the
> social insurance in the Commonwealth countries was so awesome, why do
> they all want private insurance.

In Britain, most private treatment and insurance is used selectively
for limited purposes. Either, for treatments rationed by the NHS ( like
IVF, vanity cosmetic surgery)or for the convenience of choosing a
consult/surgery date/ jumping the NHS queue/quality accommodation.

The major teaching/research/specialist hospitals, ambulance services
and all A and E facilities in the UK are all operated within the NHS. So
when it comes to emergency trauma, high dependency ICU, major abdo/brain
surgery, cancer treatments, organ transplants etc, even privately
insured patients will often prefer NHS facilities.

Janet UK