Health Insurance
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The best added perks of private medical insurance
Private medical insurance (PMI) offers you the peace of mind that should you need medical treatment, you'll be seen quickly and in comfort. Choosing to buy PMI means you'll have access to medical care either privately in an NHS
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Essex GPs tell patients to consider going private
GPs in Essex have been told to encourage patients to go private, in an attempt to save NHS cash. The mid-Essex clinical commissioning group (CCG) says it has boosted referrals to private healthcare by 6% since doctors were instructed to raise
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What would it cost to insure Game of Thrones characters?
Your health is never terribly secure when you're a character in Game of Thrones. You never know when it will be your turn for an untimely fall, shock blinding or to be on the receiving end of a sharp sword. As Kit Harrison pointed out
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Are 'health tourists' really that big a deal?
For anyone who has struggled to get an appointment with the GP or had to wait hours to be seen in A&E the idea of cracking down on Britain's 'health tourists' seems like a way to unburden a seriously overburdened system.
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Bupa warns over healthcare costs
Bupa has warned that a lack of competition among private hospitals was pushing up the cost of treatment and threatening to make its health insurance unaffordable. As the cost of paying for its customers' private treatment continues to rise,
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Foreigners to get HIV care on NHS
Overseas visitors to Britain are to be offered free HIV treatment on the NHS for the first time. Ministers are backing calls for non-UK residents to be treated for the condition as part of efforts to protect the wider public. Foreign students,
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How does the NHS compare to other healthcare systems?
Britain's free, state-run National Health Service dates back to the immediate post-war period and is funded by taxpayers. With a budget of more than £100 billion, the NHS is the largest publicly funded health system in the world. Only about
