Health Care and the U.K

[Ambrosiax]

Is it true that if you live in the U.K you receive free health care?
And if it is what else is there? Dental as well?
Just wandering because I was watching a documentary and thought why not ask the people of Ragezone since most people I see here are from the U.K.

[MentaL]

[troublemaker1111]

Everywhere apart from the USA gets free healthcare.

[Ambrosiax]

Goddamn, Its the United States of America, and they can't make sure their people stay in good health. :/

My question still stands if the U.K gets free dental as well.

[Rishwin]

Australia provides medicare and healthcare support. It does not make everything free, but very cheap and affordable. Doctors visits are free, public hospitals are free, all prescription medicine is below $5, and about 85-90% of dentist bills are covered for. Over the past fortnight i've required 2 fillings, i got then both done for $20 each (original price is around $180 each), and every teenager is sent out "vouchers" from medicare which fully covers the cost of a dentist checkup every year.

Additionally, medicare also covers about 75% of the cost of seeing a psychiatrist or counselor/therapist (you pay full amount, you just walk into the medicare office and they reimburse you 75% of it on the spot) and covers the full cost of getting ultrasounds/x-rays/CT scans/ect.

Private health cover is also very affordable, full cover is about $20 per fortnight per person, which fully covers all ambulance bills, private hospital bills, surgery, as well as covering about 75% of the cost of glasses and fully covering the cost of contact lenses. It also adds additional subsidy to more expensive dentist procedures which are not covered by medicare/healthcare.

I hear about people being on 5 year waiting lists for dental procedures in the USA, and i cringe; i made an appointment on Friday and got the appointment for Monday. I really have no idea how the health system over there got so bad... Land of the free? More like Land of the toothless tbfh.

[Evilkitten]

We don't really get free dental just a reduced fee. Same with opitican and referrals.

NHS which is our healthcare is free but at the same time we still need to pay a standrad price towards prescriptions and a few other things such as Ultrasound pictures during pregnancy.

[Robert]

Like EK says, you pay for dental but at a reduced price. However I know that in university's you can get it done for free, but I presume that's the same as everywhere.