Comments on: The NHS http://rumandmonkey.com/humor/2009/08/26/the-nhs/ Satire for the unwashed masses. Thu, 10 May 2012 07:16:30 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hoopla http://rumandmonkey.com/humor/2009/08/26/the-nhs/comment-page-1/#comment-34243 Hoopla Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:42:18 +0000 http://rumandmonkey.com/?p=75#comment-34243 Could be worse, it could be the American system: "How can we help you today" "My leg has come off!" "Do you have insurance?" "Yes, can you help me?" "That's good, please fill out these forms, and provide the co-pay sum, and we'll have you looked at straight away" (four hundred forms and many attempts by the insurance company to get out of paying later) "And you're sure that leg drop off isn't a pre-existing condition?" "I was hit by a truck" "Are you sure truck collision isn't a pre-existing condition?" "Yes, can you please look at my stump?" "Ok, now I've run a visual test, your co-pay for that is $10,000, how would you like to pay that?" "I haven't got that sort of money!" "Well then go home, when you have the co-pay balance for the tests already performed cleared, we can carry out some more tests, next sucker please!" Could be worse, it could be the American system:
“How can we help you today”
“My leg has come off!”
“Do you have insurance?”
“Yes, can you help me?”
“That’s good, please fill out these forms, and provide the co-pay sum, and we’ll have you looked at straight away”
(four hundred forms and many attempts by the insurance company to get out of paying later)
“And you’re sure that leg drop off isn’t a pre-existing condition?”
“I was hit by a truck”
“Are you sure truck collision isn’t a pre-existing condition?”
“Yes, can you please look at my stump?”
“Ok, now I’ve run a visual test, your co-pay for that is $10,000, how would you like to pay that?”
“I haven’t got that sort of money!”
“Well then go home, when you have the co-pay balance for the tests already performed cleared, we can carry out some more tests, next sucker please!”

]]> By: gregor http://rumandmonkey.com/humor/2009/08/26/the-nhs/comment-page-1/#comment-34236 gregor Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:25:23 +0000 http://rumandmonkey.com/?p=75#comment-34236 My insides are outside. brilliant. My insides are outside.

brilliant.

]]> By: Benjamin http://rumandmonkey.com/humor/2009/08/26/the-nhs/comment-page-1/#comment-34221 Benjamin Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:04:06 +0000 http://rumandmonkey.com/?p=75#comment-34221 It's saying, "please help. My leg ... my leg has come off. Help. Please. Oh God." It’s saying, “please help. My leg … my leg has come off. Help. Please. Oh God.”

]]> By: Helen http://rumandmonkey.com/humor/2009/08/26/the-nhs/comment-page-1/#comment-34219 Helen Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:01:56 +0000 http://rumandmonkey.com/?p=75#comment-34219 I'm not really sure what this is trying to say about the NHS. I’m not really sure what this is trying to say about the NHS.

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