Denied health insurance
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That's what I originally thought, but my coverage was already cancelled and I've been deemed ineligible for private health insurance (due to having a pre-existing condition) as well as ineligible for obamacare (due to earning too much).
I'm curious as to how to chaps are going to deal with stuff like this - I mean we have had NHS since before I was born and most of us will have private medical insurance as kind of just part and parcel of living costs (usually it comes as part of a +bens package an employer offers - the obvious other being a car). If you're self-employed / freelance you get the joy of paying for it yourself. Private healthcare is an entirely different game than NHS.
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It seems you chaps are being somewhat duped here - is that correct?
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The Uk's NHS system is a whole beast on its own really. It has so many amazing things about it from its staff and their wonderful ideology, dedication and thoroughly inspiring desire to help others, the fact that on the ground floor it doesn't matter if you're a homeless hard-done-by individual or widow with cancer - they have someone to turn to for help.
Our NHS covers so much more than just basic or even advanced medical care - it contains and links to many many support charities and organisations that really make a difference. A huge difference to everyday lives, and the people on the ground are quite frankly astounding people.
It is in tatters though. It's on the verge of being privatised. A great deal of it is increasingly being hived off to the private sector (contracted by the local "health authority"). Almost all ambulance services are private save for the emergency service ones.
Essentially we as a nation pay national insurance - roughly 2% of earnings or 12% if you earn under £42k. That is supposed to pay for our NHS.
Our NHS covers so much more than just basic or even advanced medical care - it contains and links to many many support charities and organisations that really make a difference. A huge difference to everyday lives, and the people on the ground are quite frankly astounding people.
It is in tatters though. It's on the verge of being privatised. A great deal of it is increasingly being hived off to the private sector (contracted by the local "health authority"). Almost all ambulance services are private save for the emergency service ones.
Essentially we as a nation pay national insurance - roughly 2% of earnings or 12% if you earn under £42k. That is supposed to pay for our NHS.
It seems you chaps are being somewhat duped here - is that correct?
Na, different parts roll out at different parts. Some has already started, some starts in Jan, some not for awhile yet.
Just to add to that: as usual, the government is scraping much more than most people realize to pay for the NHS. National insurance has at least 4 classes, of which one is employer's national insurance. If you employ anyone you have to pay NI on top of their salary. Then that employee must pay NI as well. If you're self employed you pay 12% from about £9k to £42k, just in NI.
But, and here's the big one, approximately 15% of all income tax, which is not the above, goes to the NHS. Those are the government's own figures. So if you make £200k, you could be paying in total something like £14,000 to the NHS in one way or another. NOT including your employer's NI contribution (if you have one).
I'm trying not to just blurt out that everything is such a fucking con, but when it comes to taxes it really fucking is.
^^^ Seems like a ripoff to me. I'd rather pay for my own insurance. Most people are too stupid to realize this or they're parasites.
The BALLS on this motherfucker.
Google "Senate pension package", or "Benefits for senators" etc. and see how much of what that motherfucker helps foist on us he actually has to live by too.
I'm no Obomba fan, but really...Fuck this nasty little cocksucker.
I didn't even read the image, really. Just wanted to post something that would make this thread hit 10 pages.
Edit: added troll tag myself.