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发表于 2013-3-1 03:32:46
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来自: INNA
UK government has stated that as many people as possible should be encouraged to pay for private healthcare in order to relieve the strain on national resources. Critics have understood this as the government prolonging waiting lists until the patients ‘remove themselves’ either by going private, or dying. There is, however, a general understanding that the National Health Service in the UK is overburdened and that increased private healthcare would help to balance this.
Running a nation's health care system is undoubtedly very complex indeed. There is so much the government needs to take responsibility for doing on behalf of all its people to make it work efficiently. But there's also the need for those who are financially able, to take pressure off the public coffers through consistently paying premiums for private health insurance policies.
Now that a greater percentage of the population are taking some responsibility for their own health care, at least some of the pressure will have been taken off the waiting lists for elective surgery. After all, if you have private health insurance and you need surgery, you are not going to put up with waiting for years in a long public queue. It only makes sense that you will take advantage of your private health insurance and have your problem dealt with in a fraction of the time.
It also means that many who would go into public hospitals for various reasons - including maternity - will choose to go into a private hospital instead. Of course, this also takes a considerable degree of pressure off the public health system.
These are just some of the ways in which the public health system is improved for everybody's sake when those who are financially able, have private health cover. This means that we can all receive help from the government with many essential services - and those who are most needy can receive a greater level of assistance.
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