Thursday, November 25, 2004, 9:08:57 PM, Paul Stone wrote: >>The merit of our system is that the NHS covers everybody and any other >>treatment/insurance is private and (almost always) separate from NHS >>treatment and NHS premises; so there's a clear separation between NHS >>provision, paid for by taxes and NI contributions, and private provision, >>paid for separately and "privately". PS> It's simply NOT economical to buy private health insurance in a company PS> that is less than about 50 employees. I wasn't suggesting you should do that. Here some companies (a few, large)pay for private health insurance for their employees, some (large, yes) can offer their employees discounts on private health insurance they (the employees) pay for, the rest don't do anything, their employees are covered by the NHS. Some of those employees, and some others, take out private insurance. Most people simply use the NHS. -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html