The thing that worries me is the car in question has braked rapidly in the overtaking lane (even though there's still some runoff space), inviting somebody to run into the back of it.
I think you're missing the point. It's not an issue whether people should pay for each other's healthcare; it's whether they should pay to run a huge insurance industry in addition to paying for their own actual healthcare.
Imagine how much you could save if you weren't paying towards the salaries of every health insurance company employee -- from actuary to secretary; as well as paying for their advertising, their running costs, and their profits.
If the insurance companies vanished overnight, they'd be the only losers. You could pay directly into a health fund which provided care as required, with no forms and no bills. The vast, expensive, unnecessary, paperwork nightmare would simply disappear.
Yes, other people might benefit from the money you paid into the fund, but they would be people who needed care right now.
In short, if it's urgent, go to a walk in centre or A&E who will see you pretty-much immediately (as a triage), do whatever scans and tests are required, and if necessary admit you to hospital.
Otherwise for seemingly less urgent stuff, you can go and see your GP (you might need to make an appointment),
The GP may deal with the issue directly, or they might refer you to a consultant (in which case there may be a delay as you move up their list.) Or they might tell you to go straight to A&E.
But here's the thing - it'll be exactly the same consultant, and quite probably in the same hospital, as you would have seen if you had gone to A&E in the first place (if you were ill enough.)
In short, delays, when they occur, are mainly due to the triage process.
And there's always the option of going private (either paying directly or through insurance); you still have to go via your GP (for non-A&E issues) but you can jump the consultant's list. (Yes, the same consultant, but this time in a private hospital for a day or two a week.)
There's no benefit to be gained from private health insurance for genuine emergencies; if you had a heart attack in a private hospital they would take you to the NHS A&E. But you might have a nicer room, and better food.
I don't know where you live, but where I live, 20 miles north of London, there are a multitude of stables and I frequently encounter riders on local lanes (where the speed limit is 60 mph.) And Spooking the Livestock can be Very Bad Indeed. Hence the new Code of Practice says 'Particular consideration should be given to the concerns of more vulnerable road
users including disabled people, those with visual or hearing impairments, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, children and horse riders. '
I think you've missed out the bit where your credit card contains a contactless chip. At which point it can facilitate all the things you describe, without your having to give a percentage to Apple.
I wish I could attach a video of how it's done in Europe-land. I can buy a beer in a pub with a contactless card: I simply touch it on the card reader; it never leaves my hand. And I don't need to provide a fingerprint or carry a many-hundred-dollar identity widget.
The bar likes it because they don't have to handle the cash. And if I lose my card I can have it disabled remotely with a single phone call.
Oh, and one more thing, if I lose my card and I need cash, I can phone the bank and get a six-digit code for an emergency cardless withdrawal from a cash machine.
It's all much easier when you don't assume everybody's a criminal.
But if they renounce Citizenship for tax purposes, they still have to pay tax --
"P.L. 104-191 contains changes in the taxation of U.S. nationals who renounce or otherwise lose U.S. nationality. In general, any person who lost U.S. nationality within 10 years immediately preceding the close of the taxable year, whose principle purpose in losing nationality was to avoid taxation, will be subject to continued taxation."
http://travel.state.gov/conten...
being a US citizen has a lot of advantages, like the support of US consulate services
Being a European citizen has advantages too:
Article 23 of the TFEU gives the right to any unrepresented EU citizen to obtain assistance from another Member State's consular services under the same conditions that the Member State providing the assistance would give its own citizens.
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yeah except you've got e3 twice so it wouldn't even compile
The thing that worries me is the car in question has braked rapidly in the overtaking lane (even though there's still some runoff space), inviting somebody to run into the back of it.
You're pretty much describing ici
At least with a monarchy we don't have to elect a President every four years ;)
Nope... it's the Chicago Manual of Style
It's a bit more subtle than this: can the US Government order a programmer to write a program they don't want to write ?
I think you're missing the point. It's not an issue whether people should pay for each other's healthcare; it's whether they should pay to run a huge insurance industry in addition to paying for their own actual healthcare.
Imagine how much you could save if you weren't paying towards the salaries of every health insurance company employee -- from actuary to secretary; as well as paying for their advertising, their running costs, and their profits.
If the insurance companies vanished overnight, they'd be the only losers. You could pay directly into a health fund which provided care as required, with no forms and no bills. The vast, expensive, unnecessary, paperwork nightmare would simply disappear.
Yes, other people might benefit from the money you paid into the fund, but they would be people who needed care right now.
Not insurance company leeches.
It all depends on how ill you are (or think you are...)
Here are the options.
In short, if it's urgent, go to a walk in centre or A&E who will see you pretty-much immediately (as a triage), do whatever scans and tests are required, and if necessary admit you to hospital.
Otherwise for seemingly less urgent stuff, you can go and see your GP (you might need to make an appointment),
The GP may deal with the issue directly, or they might refer you to a consultant (in which case there may be a delay as you move up their list.) Or they might tell you to go straight to A&E.
But here's the thing - it'll be exactly the same consultant, and quite probably in the same hospital, as you would have seen if you had gone to A&E in the first place (if you were ill enough.)
In short, delays, when they occur, are mainly due to the triage process.
And there's always the option of going private (either paying directly or through insurance); you still have to go via your GP (for non-A&E issues) but you can jump the consultant's list. (Yes, the same consultant, but this time in a private hospital for a day or two a week.)
There's no benefit to be gained from private health insurance for genuine emergencies; if you had a heart attack in a private hospital they would take you to the NHS A&E. But you might have a nicer room, and better food.
Nope. His biggest problem is he broke his bail conditions
Yes you are
Britain wasn't in Europe at that time
I don't know where you live, but where I live, 20 miles north of London, there are a multitude of stables and I frequently encounter riders on local lanes (where the speed limit is 60 mph.) And Spooking the Livestock can be Very Bad Indeed. Hence the new Code of Practice says 'Particular consideration should be given to the concerns of more vulnerable road users including disabled people, those with visual or hearing impairments, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, children and horse riders. '
You seem to have missed the entire point of this story - 'how American students can get a University degree for free.'
Get a degree in Germany, move back to the USA (...if you still want to.)
Comprende ?
Nokia 1616 with a 1020mAh battery lasts more than ten days.
But the minimum wage only affects working people who earn less than the minimum wage.
Reflections on Trusting Trust -- Ken Thompson
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I think you've missed out the bit where your credit card contains a contactless chip. At which point it can facilitate all the things you describe, without your having to give a percentage to Apple.
You could even tape the card to your phone :-)
I wish I could attach a video of how it's done in Europe-land. I can buy a beer in a pub with a contactless card: I simply touch it on the card reader; it never leaves my hand. And I don't need to provide a fingerprint or carry a many-hundred-dollar identity widget.
The bar likes it because they don't have to handle the cash. And if I lose my card I can have it disabled remotely with a single phone call.
Oh, and one more thing, if I lose my card and I need cash, I can phone the bank and get a six-digit code for an emergency cardless withdrawal from a cash machine.
It's all much easier when you don't assume everybody's a criminal.
Simply type 20gbp into Google; the very first result is its value in USD, together with a handy graph of its value over the last five years.
20 British Pound Sterling equals 29.46 US Dollar
But if they renounce Citizenship for tax purposes, they still have to pay tax -- "P.L. 104-191 contains changes in the taxation of U.S. nationals who renounce or otherwise lose U.S. nationality. In general, any person who lost U.S. nationality within 10 years immediately preceding the close of the taxable year, whose principle purpose in losing nationality was to avoid taxation, will be subject to continued taxation." http://travel.state.gov/conten...
Being a European citizen has advantages too: Article 23 of the TFEU gives the right to any unrepresented EU citizen to obtain assistance from another Member State's consular services under the same conditions that the Member State providing the assistance would give its own citizens.
(http://eeas.europa.eu/crisis-response/what-we-do/consular/index_en.htm)
http://dev.windows.com/en-us/f...
That's Norway. This story's about Denmark.
http://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik...
um... Asda is one of the better employers