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Dental treatment,Rip off Ireland

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  • #52
    Skopzz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Skopzz


    Anyone needing to see the massive price difference between Ireland and abroad, turn on the Pat Kenny show on the radio now. Some dental prices are EUR450 abroad vs EUR700 here.


  • #53
    lochderg
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭lochderg


    why is it that when we get a report from the OECD regarding consultants' pay or a report on medicine costs or dental care expenses we immediately hear an articulate spokeman on the radio refuting all the facts and they are not pressed by the interviewer?(see Pat Kenny with consultant on Monday)- we get a comprehensive professional report and these people just simply say 'oh no-that's all wrong-this is how it is' and it's left at that-where are all the incisive tenacious journalists?


  • #54
    Cilar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭Cilar


    davo10 wrote: »
    While the French health system is the envy of many, they also pay a high levi on their income for this.

    Tax burden in Ireland is now equivalent to the one in France. Except that in France, the money goes to health system, and public transportation, while it goes to fix problems created by bankers in Ireland


  • #55
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    Cilar wrote: »
    Tax burden in Ireland is now equivalent to the one in France. Except that in France, the money goes to health system, and public transportation, while it goes to fix problems created by bankers in Ireland

    If memory serves me right, the health insurance levy is 10.75% of gross income for every resident in Germany (including pensioners), and just under 10% in France. If our Government announced that PRSI was going up to that level today, there would be outrage.

    (My figures for France/Germany could be wrong now, so I'm happy to be corrected by someone more knowledgable)


  • #56
    countrynosebag
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭countrynosebag


    shay
    i will be doing that sort of check up soon, always having infections, thrush (asthma sprays and copd sprays side effects)
    did your dentist recommend any preventions or say what you could have done to help this....?
    There seems to be a lot of treatment and pricing but surely prevention is better than cure?
    good luck with your treatment. i tried to answer earlier but got muddled, sorry, not tutored in computer at my age.


  • #57
    delahuntv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,532 ✭✭✭delahuntv


    lochderg wrote: »
    why is it that when we get a report from the OECD regarding consultants' pay or a report on medicine costs or dental care expenses we immediately hear an articulate spokeman on the radio refuting all the facts and they are not pressed by the interviewer?(see Pat Kenny with consultant on Monday)- we get a comprehensive professional report and these people just simply say 'oh no-that's all wrong-this is how it is' and it's left at that-where are all the incisive tenacious journalists?

    Did you read the OECD report and its comments that very specifically say that exact comparisons cannot be made due to differring standrds in different countries as to what level of consultant is included in the payscale?

    Obviously not!

    Same goes for tabloid style reporters who only want a hysterical headline. The more intelligent medical journalists were able to read the OECD notes at the end of the report and reported more correctly.

    But sure, why let facts get in the way of a hysterical headline?


  • #58
    lochderg
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭lochderg


    Actually I didn't read it & I'll rectify that however-keep tabloid reporters a million miles away as far as I'm concerned-market driven drivel is the last thing we need-when I think about it-you're correct -prescrition drugs ARE cheaper in Ireland -I just needed you to cast a light where there is darkness-and if it's down to ireland being expensive then why do unions always get a rough time when maintaining a decent standard of living for their members? -don't tell me -it's the market!


  • #59
    Oral Surgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    lochderg wrote: »
    Actually I didn't read it & I'll rectify that however-keep tabloid reporters a million miles away as far as I'm concerned-market driven drivel is the last thing we need-when I think about it-you're correct -prescrition drugs ARE cheaper in Ireland -I just needed you to cast a light where there is darkness-and if it's down to ireland being expensive then why do unions always get a rough time when maintaining a decent standard of living for their members? -don't tell me -it's the market!


    Yes it's the market


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