"Bod" wrote in message
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On 03/06/2021 23:30, Frank wrote:
On 6/3/2021 1:27 PM, Bod wrote:
On 03/06/2021 17:10, Frank wrote:
On 6/3/2021 11:22 AM, Bod wrote:
On 03/06/2021 16:16, Bob F wrote:
On 6/3/2021 8:06 AM, Frank wrote:
Good summary of available tests:
https://cen.acs.org/analytical-chemi...-review/99/i20

You can buy a test, or get a free vaccination and have very little to
worry about. Millions have chosen the free vaccine.

PCR tests are free in the UK.

https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

Nothing is free. It comes out of taxes.

Yes, but *everyone* can get one even if you don't pay taxes.
It's vital that as many people as possible get a test.
It common sense.

That just means that they guy that pays taxes also pays for the guy that
does not pay taxes.

So you watch millions of your poorer Americans who can't afford insurance
suffer and die because of a principle.

Not anymore, they get insurance now.

I hear that even if you are insured, that many folk can still end up with
a bill of a few grand.

Its not that many in fact.

That doesn't happen here.

Yes it does if they want the medical treatment
quicker than the NHS will provide it or its
treatment that the NHS doesnt provide.

You worry about paying for others, but Americans pay double for health
care per person than the UK citizen.

Yes.

If you look at all healthcare spending, including treatment funded
privately by individuals, the US spent 17.2% of its GDP on healthcare in
2016, compared with 9.7% in the UK. In pounds per head, that's £2,892 on
healthcare for every person in the UK and £7,617 per person in the US.6
Feb 2018