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Originally Posted by snappit
This is slightly incorrect. It is only in England that citizens pay for prescriptions. They are free in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Even in England government figures show that 88% of people get free prescriptions, under 16's, over 60's, people on some benefits, people with certain medical conditions like cancer etc.
To correct another post there is free market healthcare in the UK but most people rely on the NHS. The private sector is very small and not many use it. There is no need to as the NHS is pretty good (not perfect) though. A recent survey showed that the NHS was the second most loved institution in the UK, only behind the Fire Service but ahead of the monarchy, police and armed forces.
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Yes. Just found this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health...Private_sector
About 27.6% of Canadians' healthcare is paid for through the private sector. This mostly goes towards services not covered or partially covered by Medicare, such as prescription drugs, dentistry and optometry. Some 75% of Canadians have some form of supplementary private health insurance; many of them receive it through their employers.
"Although there are laws prohibiting or curtailing private health care in some provinces, they can be changed", according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.[47][48] In June 2005, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) that Quebec's prohibition against private health insurance for medically necessary services laws violated the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, potentially opening the door to much more private sector participation in the health system. Justices Beverley McLachlin, Jack Major, Michel Bastarache and Marie Deschamps found for the majority. "Access to a waiting list is not access to health care", wrote Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin.
The Quebec and federal governments asked the high court to suspend its ruling for 18 months. Less than two months after its initial ruling, the court agreed to suspend its decision for 12 months, retroactive to June 9, 2005.[49]
My original statement that almost all of western industrialized healthcare is a MIX of socialism and the private market is correct
