[lit-ideas] Re: health care
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:19:26 +0000
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
>>
>>
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Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
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