Would honestly appreciate thoughts on whether I am being precious/ demanding here, but..........
Today I went to a physio appointment. Private physio letting out rooms in an NHS GP practice. The GP practice is closed for a couple of hours or something, and he uses their rooms.
Sitting in the waiting room, I noticed these two posters next to each other:
'On a low income and need help with healthcare costs? Eye care, prescriptions (etc, it went on)'
Then an ad for the private physio I was seeing.
I'm seeing a private physio as I have no hope of getting one on the NHS and it helps me keep active (tendon injuries). I pay for private eye care, and obviously even NHS dentists charge. The posters made me think about how much most people can't get on the NHS 'free'.
I wish it weren't this way, but AIBU to think that actually, except for hospital admissions (which are a big thing of course!) much of the time it is really not true to say that healthcare is free at point of service?
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To feel like actually, health care isn't really free at the point of service?
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RevoltingPeasant · 03/05/2013 17:05
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