tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126932999231311573.post202201586099584613..comments2017-12-05T01:26:29.413-08:00Comments on I'm sure I put it down here somewhere: Private healthcare - realisticallyRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704508224138628442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126932999231311573.post-53150317028713656042012-02-16T01:59:16.073-08:002012-02-16T01:59:16.073-08:00The other big issue about private insurance - for ...The other big issue about private insurance - for anything - is that insurance companies work very hard, much harder than the state, on avoiding paying out. So even if you signed up with a clean bill of health, I'd expect them to find reasons not to pay out for certain conditions, things they'd consider self-inflicted, or exaggerated, or conditions which they'd say were pre-existing even though you had no clue. And you can guarantee that they would insist any broken leg <i>was</i> a result of dyspraxia. <br /><br />The experience of American friends makes me so nervous of all this. They have all the same problems we have sorting out car insurance, except it's medication or therapy they desperately need, as opposed to a busted bumper. <br /><br />One friend had had an operation on a brain tumour and the follow-up scan, only to be told that her insurance didn't cover her seeing a doctor to find out the results...The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.com