Hi Judy, Thank you. I understand now. Veronica > [Original Message] > From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/26/2004 3:13:34 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: health care > > Friday, November 26, 2004, 7:33:10 PM, Veronica Caley wrote: > > VC> Judy:?99 p.a. > > VC> Judy, what does the J and p.a. stand for? > > hello Veronica > > p.a. is per annum, I probably got the wrong format. (Incidentally it's more like £88 than £99!) > > "J"? I can't see a stray one but it's most likely a typing error: I'm having real problems (motor control) and am about to move back to voice computing! > > -- if there is a J that doesn't look like a slip, let me know > > Judy > > > VC> Veronica > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: 11/25/2004 2:46:56 PM > >> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: health care > >> > >> Thursday, November 25, 2004, 11:38:32 AM, JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote: > >> > >> Jac> Judy, Teemu, Erin, John, anyone else outside of the US -- I'm > VC> curious -- > >> Jac> what does a standard Doctor's office visit cost you, in U.S. > VC> dollars? > >> > >> zero > >> > >> > >> What > >> Jac> would a regimine of 10 days of amoxicillan run? > >> > >> > >> zero - as I have already paid my £99 p.a. "prescription pre-payment -- > VC> and it would be zero if I were exempt from charges: details here (for > VC> England: in Wales, further categories of people are exempt). > >> > >> www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23069022/ > >> > >> > >> otherwise, whatever a prescription item costs; £6.40 (but in Wales, £5.0, > VC> and the Welsh Assembly intends abolishing all charges by 2007). > >> > >> > >> > or a CAT scan? > >> > >> > >> zero on the NHS. But there would -- normally, and hereabouts -- be a > VC> wait. I only had to wait a month for a totally non-urgent NHS MRI, because > VC> the Cardiff medics make good use of cancellations, ringing people who live > VC> nearby and can take up a place at short notice. That MRI (of both knees) > VC> done privately at the local BUPA (main private health insurers) hospital > VC> would have cost approximately 940 USD. > >> > >> I have no idea what private GPs charge for appointments, nor what private > VC> prescriptions cost nor what the drugs cost > >> > >> > > > > > -- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html