Re: I find it hard to believe this ...
[quote=Margaret Pilkington;876736]
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Originally Posted by Eric
(Post 876680)
Eric, I have no qualms about people being treated for emergencies.......such as accidents, but I am talking about blatant health tourism.......heart operations, gall bladder surgery, hernia operations.......and much more.
These people may come from the Asian sub continent........stay with relatives and get the treatment without any cost to themselves.
As for EU country members, they are entitled to treatment, as we would be if we were to be taken ill in an EU country.......as long as you have the appropriate documenation...it used to be the e111....but it has changed now to something like the European Health Insurance card (not sure if I have got the name right - but it is something like that).
Like I said, billions of pounds down the drain treating health tourists.
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Yeah ... I got your drift, hon ... I think I should qualify what I said about health care in Ontario, and any other province for that matter. I phoned a buddy of mine who works for Service Ontario, just to check it out. So, here is the scenario: if you are visiting our city from the UK (and you were silly enough not to have health insurance for your trip) and while shopping on lower Princess Street and keeled over from a heart attack, you would be hauled away to Recycling and turned into dog food:D .... not really: an ambulance would arrive and well-trained paramedics would rush you to KGH, where (without going through your pockets to check for credit cards or cash:D ... what do you think we are: Americans!;)) you would receive the best medical care available. If you had no insurance, and could not afford to pay, the Province of Ontario would foot the bill.
However, a couple of weeks after you returned to England, some mounties would show up at your house, kick the crap out of you, taser you, and take your big screen tv and your Play Station.;):D |
