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Originally Posted by jaysay
Do like they do in America Dave, Credit Card please Sir/Madam  |
Actually they do something similar here, if I go to the Docs which is officially the first port of call (unless I'm hurtled in by Amby) after asking my name they then want my Medical card, it's like a credit card & states which medical provider I'm covered by, they whip it through the machine & this confirms I'm paid up & legal.
Further to that we also have to pay €10,00 "Praxis Gebuhr" (Practice Costs) for every quarter. Okay if I don't go I don't pay, but when I do go if I've paid for that quarter that's me & I can go as often as I like in that present quarter without further costs. This came into effect in 2004 & there was all kinds of screaming & shouting saying people wouldn't go because of cost, they were pricing the poor out of treatment etc,etc !!! Panic mongering, there was no noticeable drop in Folk getting treated, they grumbled right enough about paying the €10,00 but that's just an aside, a part of Human nature, but the system works.
Mind you I haven't had to pay for a while as I let the Witch pick up my repeat prescriptions !
