Dr Brown wrote: » I'm on the waiting list to see a consultant and I'm told the waiting list is 3 years long. But if I want to see the same Doctor privately I can get an appointment within 6 weeks. It seems to me that they want to push people over to the private system. Nobody is going to wait 3 years to see a consultant if there are other options.
davo2001 wrote: » You get what you pay for i suppose.
_Whimsical_ wrote: » There's no option to just put your hand in your pocket and pay for that.
dr.fuzzenstein wrote: » Yes and who needs poor people anyway...
Avatar MIA wrote: » Heading doesn't match opening post. Seems like an argument for Health Insurance rather than questioning its validity. Half the population covered with HI, and even reluctant to let go of during recession and skyrocketing prices... that tells you what Irish people think.
_Whimsical_ wrote: » There aren't other options for people who cannot pay through the nose though, that's why there are people waiting and dying while waiting. You're imagining the only outlay might be 250 quid to see the Dr. For a lot of people that's just the starts. There's likely some of the following, blood taking, pathology, imaging, an overnight stay in hospital for testing, surgical testing requiring use of a theatre. Then a follow up trip to the same Dr for results. And that's before treatment begins! There's no option to just put your hand in your pocket and pay for that. Also if you wait to get health insurance until you need actually need medical attention you're classed as having an existing condition which they won't cover either.
2smiggy wrote: » surely that would make a person go out and take out health insurance before you get ill ? it's not much per week over the course of a year, considering what people waste money on a weekly basis
kneemos wrote: » What the hell kind of a health service has you waiting three years to see a consultant?
Dr Brown wrote: » The problem with health insurance is that when you need to use it you will find it doesn't cover alot of stuff.
_Whimsical_ wrote: » Also if you wait to get health insurance until you need actually need medical attention you're classed as having an existing condition which they won't cover either.
Dr Brown wrote: » Health Insurance does not cover consultant vists.
Avatar MIA wrote: » Eh, such as - a hair transplant?
corner of hells wrote: » Or you haven't read the policy details properly . My elderly mother has private health care , is terminally ill and regularly is admitted to hospital. I was most impressed when her oncology consultant strolled in to her ward on Christmas day to visit her.
Avatar MIA wrote: » You can get a policy with zero excess, it will be more expensive though, however if you can afford health insurance you'll likely be able to pay the couple of hundred excess.
Katgurl wrote: » This
Heaven Obnoxious Bullfrog wrote: » That depends on what scheme you have.
Dr Brown wrote: » You won't know what tests you will need until you get sick.
Dr Brown wrote: » No to get certain tests done which I needed.
suicide_circus wrote: » We all need to pay more tax. There is a huge number of low paid workers at one end and corporations at the other that pay very little to no tax. Middle to high earners pay for everything and it's not enough.
