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TB993tt:
Thanks guys, yes we are a bit stuck in the UK our left wing NHS does not allow any mechanism for private Cesareans and there are no private hospitals set up for this outside London also apparently it is almost impossible for surgeons to get insurance cover to operate privately.
We have the situation where you don't even know who the Consultant/Registrar is going to be even when you have an elective Cesarian (as we did), fortunately our Registrar was a 29 year old Irish guy who told us he'd done 100 Cesarians without mishap and he had an older lady Consultant with him who was instructing/collaborating closely.
One of my Sisters in Law is a Consultant at a different hospital and she says the 24 hour thing is to release beds and save money scary stuff and in this case it seems that you can't buy a better safer service
Here in Germany, we have a government controlled/run health insurance (actually more than 100 different insurances, competing against each other, which is very idiotic since all of them are basically government controlled/run) and private health insurances. Doctors of course prefer private health insurances because they usually pay better.
Officially, the German health system is equal, nobody gets a special treatment but in reality, if you have a private health insurance, you get lots of benefits. Want an appointment at an ophthalmologist or at a pediatrist? Any doctor with a speciality? Waiting time can be up to 3-6 months. No kidding. If you have a private health insurance, you get usually an appointment within a few days, sometimes on the same day. Speaking of equality. All privately insured patients of my wife have her cell number and can contact her on weekends as well. Another example of a flawed health insurance system.
This is another reason why emergency rooms over here are filled up at maximum capacity because if people can't get an appointment at a doctor, they go to the emergency room for every little crap they have, incl. diarrhea, headaches, colds, tummy aches and similar stuff.
Once you create a semi-socialist health system, don't be surprised if it comes back to bite you in the ass.
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Better that a full socialist health system like Canada
Me and my family have private insurance, for ER problems I use either one (goverment ER doesn't work bad at all in this part of Spain), but for regular healthcare I use private, since you choose the doctor and you get an appointment with little wait. Also helps that many are friends or acquaintance so there is also some special treatment which I appreciate.
I could not imagine living in a place were not being able to pick who I want to treat me, or having to wait a month or more for an appointment, that would be a serious problem, healthcare is one of the big essentials for quality of life.
For example speaking of the process of giving birth, my wife had a planned C-section because she was having premature contractions problems, and the whole experience was great. The owner of the private maternity hospital, a gynecologist, is a close friend and a patient of ours, and felt right at home in a single room with private bathroom, nurses were great and took great care of my wife, and stayed for as long as needed, and private insurance took care of everything. Things like that are priceless to me.
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