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Author: | ProfessorF [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:47 pm ] | |||||||||
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/insurance-24-year-dies-toothache/story?id=14438171 Reason to be thankful for the NHS #10,885. |
Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mans dies from toothache. |
If you can find a dentist that accepts NHS patients. |
Author: | Fogmeister [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | Mans dies from toothache. |
I've just gone private at my dentist as they stopped taking on just graduated dentists and so stopped the nhs patients. Although any prescriptions for antibiotics etc would be covered by the nhs. --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.851107,-1.531018 |
Author: | MrStevenRogers [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:01 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mans dies from toothache. |
one could say only in the good old USA but sadly the same is happening here ... |
Author: | Linux_User [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:44 pm ] | |||||||||
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There are tons in Cardiff. In Wales there's no charge for the Under 25s, which is handy. ![]() Also, in the UK unemployed people (claiming JSA etc) are entitled to help with their dental and prescription costs through the HC2 certificate scheme. |
Author: | MrStevenRogers [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:46 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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what if you are working at an honest living and not entitled to claim for any benefits and over the age of 25 ? ... |
Author: | Linux_User [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:03 pm ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Then you pay the standard NHS rates. Unless you're a private patient, then God help you. ![]() |
Author: | MrStevenRogers [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:22 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mans dies from toothache. |
ho hum ... |
Author: | big_D [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:05 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mans dies from toothache. |
What happened to Obamacare? ![]() |
Author: | ShockWaffle [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:29 am ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Mans dies from toothache. | |||||||||
Hasn't taken effect yet. All the states have to create insurance exchanges first and then enroll people into the schemes on offer, which even then won't include a government backed insurer. On top of that, this poor idiot (sorry, but choosing pain killers instead of antibiotics is a bit of a darwin award feat) lived in Ohio, a state which might very well vote to amend its constitution in November to prevent OC ever taking effect there http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/ ... 0V20110812 |
Author: | paulzolo [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:39 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Mans dies from toothache. |
This toothache thing was happening to my other half the other week. Some background before the tory kicks off - she has jaw problems. It developed a click when she was eating many years ago, and at times it was painful. So she was referred to the hospital who identified that it was dislocating and gave her a bite guard to wear when she sleeps. At times, it comes back, but on the whole the pain, discomfort and clicking has gone. A couple of weeks ago, her jaw started hurting. She went to the doctor, who suggested pain killers and sent her on her way. By the Saturday, though, it had got a whole lot worse, and the pain was pretty extreme, so I ran her round to casualty and she got some serious painkillers. They thought it was some form of neuralgia, and told her to get her GP to refer her. So on the Monday, she saw a GP, who referred her to the hospital, AND suggested a precautionary trip to a dentist to make sure that there was nothing else going on. So an emergency delta appointment was set up. We were on our way for a few days away, so we packed the car, and went via the dentist. I was told to go to a cafe close by while she was checked, which I did. About 40 minutes later she turned up - she had a tooth pulled out. The dentist had found one that was infected and yanked it (yes, there was an option of root canal work, but she chose the extraction - quicker, less traumatic). It’s interesting that the whole nerve/jaw problem became a red herring - a medical history like that could cloud diagnosis. What my other half was saying was that the whole jaw on the side of her face hurt - not just an sea round the tooth. I guess if a nerve is overloaded, the whole thing will fire. What is of concern to me is that the first doctor she saw didn’t suggest going to a dentist as a precaution. However, it has all been sorted out. Pain has gone, and hospital appointment with the nerve specialists isn’t necessary. |
Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:00 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Yes but he could not afford to see a doctor to get antibiotics. |
Author: | bobbdobbs [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:18 am ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He had a prescription for antibiotics as well but chose the painkillers. |
Author: | HeatherKay [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:40 am ] | |||||||||
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And how much were the antibiotics over the painkillers? My guess, albeit one based on hearsay and speculation, is the guy couldn't actually afford the antibiotics. Under the NHS, at present, he could have got the required treatment for just under £8. In the US, without the money to buy the drugs, he couldn't. *shrug* |
Author: | Linux_User [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:56 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Actually, as he was unemployed and thus on a low income (and possibly would have been claiming JSA), he would have gotten it for free through the HC2 scheme. |
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