Comments on: GPs in the UK: Many make more than $200,000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/gps-in-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/gps-in-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77904 Anonymous Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/gps-in-the-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77904 A PAP smear is first-dollar coverage in most insurances. Heck, even in my high-deductible health plan (HDHP) in my Health Savings Account, it's first-dollar coverage.<br/><br/>The health department does PAP's free for the indigent. That's true most everywhere I've lived.<br/><br/>Anyone who thinks the Brits are not having their own problems getting cancer screening paid under the NHS has not been following the UK press. A PAP smear is first-dollar coverage in most insurances. Heck, even in my high-deductible health plan (HDHP) in my Health Savings Account, it’s first-dollar coverage.

The health department does PAP’s free for the indigent. That’s true most everywhere I’ve lived.

Anyone who thinks the Brits are not having their own problems getting cancer screening paid under the NHS has not been following the UK press.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/gps-in-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77829 Anonymous Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/gps-in-the-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77829 And if enough remember to get their free pap smear then it will cut down on the need of some chemotherapy. <br/><br/>its called preventative medicine. Its not a big focus here in American medicine. We focus more on cancer treatment, treating heart attacks and strokes after the fact, far more than we do on preventing such things. our focus needs to change. And if enough remember to get their free pap smear then it will cut down on the need of some chemotherapy.

its called preventative medicine. Its not a big focus here in American medicine. We focus more on cancer treatment, treating heart attacks and strokes after the fact, far more than we do on preventing such things. our focus needs to change.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/gps-in-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77803 Anonymous Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/gps-in-the-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77803 Primary care is cheap. Specialty care is expensive.<br/><br/>When government runs healthcare, votes drive the system.<br/><br/>Thousands of voters remember their PAP smear was free. Maybe one voter will remember the denied chemotherapy....if the person even lives long enough to vote.<br/><br/>So yes, I am not surprised that primary care is treated well in a NHS-style system. Primary care is cheap. Specialty care is expensive.

When government runs healthcare, votes drive the system.

Thousands of voters remember their PAP smear was free. Maybe one voter will remember the denied chemotherapy….if the person even lives long enough to vote.

So yes, I am not surprised that primary care is treated well in a NHS-style system.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/07/gps-in-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77795 Anonymous Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/07/gps-in-the-uk-many-make-more-than-200000.html#comment-77795 Remember the brain drain when the NHS kicked in and there was an exodus of docs to the US and Canada.Now will Fp and office based IM docs try to move to UK? Remember the brain drain when the NHS kicked in and there was an exodus of docs to the US and Canada.Now will Fp and office based IM docs try to move to UK?

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