US health care plan perfectly described in a single tweet

I can attest to private healthcare provision in the UK being hugely cheaper than the US - some of that can be attributed to emergency care and primary care (GP) being almost always covered by the NHS.

Here is a recent example of costs.

As a starting point for this article, we wanted to find out prices for a ‘typical’ buyer - we got quotes for a 33 year old, living near Oxford*, from the four largest UK Health Insurers –BUPA, AXA, Aviva and Vitality. This gave us prices between £26 and £48 per month or £312 and £576 per year.

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In the back of the ambulance I was less fascinated and more terrified

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At least it’s never lupus.

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And yet we must, for the sake of our humanity.

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