26-04-2013, 11:14 AM
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Can I make a point clear to Davo, the NHS is not free, we have paid into it all our lives, so what gave you the idea we got it free is bothering me, we actually pay in millions of £sss over our life time, even if we are not sick.I have had more than my fair share, but most of my family haven't been as ill as I have been.
I also paid towards my O.O.P> plus more private pensions so I could have a better standard of living than we get from the government.
And one more thing, lot's of folks pay in the same, never sick and never reach retirement age.
This system we run is fair, and does take care of anybody who is sick, some can't help never paying in, but the others have paid it for them.
I will never ever forget the great Michael Crawford, sick on a table in America, and they wouldn't do anything for him till they saw his insurance policy, what a ruddy horrible system is that.
26-04-2013, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Wrinkly
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Can I make a point clear to Davo, the NHS is not free, we have paid into it all our lives, so what gave you the idea we got it free is bothering me, we actually pay in millions of £sss over our life time
Care in Oz can't be that brilliant or my brother and his wife wouldn't go to dentists here and get their teeth seen to on the NHS or go around various GPs stocking up on medicines that they claim are too expensive 'back home' in Oz.
26-04-2013, 11:31 AM
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And yet the strange thing is maggis, he says that as much as he'd like to move back to Britain, his standard of living would fall too much. I think he must mean the overall quality and happiness of his life - that makes me feel a tad envious. Maybe that's why the British fiercly defend the NHS - it's the only thing we have left to feel proud about!26-04-2013, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ben-varrey
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And yet the strange thing is maggis, he says that as much as he'd like to move back to Britain, his standard of living would fall too much. I think he must mean the overall quality and happiness of his life - that makes me feel a tad envious. Maybe that's why the British fiercly defend the NHS - it's the only thing we have left to feel proud about!
I have relatives who have emigrated all over the world, and the favourite place is still Canada.
Those that went to OZ soon up and left for New Zealand where the settled.
Mind you I am talking when they really had to make it for themselves, £10 poms and before that.
26-04-2013, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Wrinkly
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Karen we can have the same standards of living if not better as they get in OZ, many go and soon return, it is a very boring place to live, too hot sometimes even for the natives.I have relatives who have emigrated all over the world, and the favourite place is still Canada.
Those that went to OZ soon up and left for New Zealand where the settled.
Mind you I am talking when they really had to make it for themselves, £10 poms and before that.
Not sure if I've told this story on here but here goes: my brother said that after moving to Oz, went off to socialise and try and make friends. He was greeted with one man talking to the others around him (adopt a loud voice with Australian accent) 'How do you know when a plane load of Pohms has landed? When they turn off the engine, you can still hear whining' - my brother burst out laughing and I think the fact that he did helped matters!
My husband lived for a few years in Canada and he loved it - not a bad word to say about the place.
26-04-2013, 12:04 PM
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erhmm no not quite finished - let me get this straight - one guy/gal pays into NHS all their life and is a non-smoker, non-drinker and non- junk food eater and the other guy/gal is the opposite and therefore at sometimes needs extensive treatment for lung, liver etc problems - he/she gets all the treatment [expensive] and the healthy guy/gal gets nothing but his/her contributions pays for the sick one - fair as fair heh?26-04-2013, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by maggis
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If smoking's so dangerous gov. should ban the ruddy things, in 50 yrs of smoking ( which was heavily advertised and promoted when I was a teenager) I've never had hospital treatment and reckon I've paid for umpteen lung transplants just thru' the taxes I've paid thru' cigs alone never mind working from 15yrs old , never had kids nor been a burden to society in any way , until now, you think I should be refused treatment while folk new to the country who've never worked get first treatment if they don't smoke? how democratic! ( applicable to Oz too) 
To be fair to them - as far as I'm aware, nicotine is still the planet's most effective anti-depressant.
26-04-2013, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Wrinkly
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Karen we can have the same standards of living if not better as they get in OZ, many go and soon return, it is a very boring place to live, too hot sometimes even for the natives.I have relatives who have emigrated all over the world, and the favourite place is still Canada.
Those that went to OZ soon up and left for New Zealand where the settled.
Mind you I am talking when they really had to make it for themselves, £10 poms and before that.
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