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Private Health Insurance to Beat NHS Lottery

I think that the NHS would work great in a country whose population is not more than 40 million

Private Health Insurance in the UK is now a better alternative for your health and well-being than the NHS following rumoured plans to make it increasingly difficult to receive adequate treatment for many ailments and serious health issues.  There is mounting evidence that the Government will instruct the NHS to prevent Gastric Band surgery for all but the most severe cases with an limit set at 60 BMI for patients to be considered for the controversial treatment.

Private Health Insurance companies are keen to make the public aware of the alternatives to constantly shifting restrictions in treatment including procedures and drugs.  With NHS spending to be pushed further in to the spotlight, given the present economic climate, it is left for the British public to consider private options for the health needs of themselves and their family.

While many will ask how effective an instant treatment for an arguably self-induced medical problem, such as obesity, should not be funded by the NHS without the patient first considering radical changes in lifestyle it remains an ethical quandary that the gastric bands work and could potentially save the NHS money in the long term.  Experts agree that the so-called ‘fat-band’ could pay for itself within 3 years.  The argument pushes in to smoking and drinking with drugs being ruled out in an attempt to ‘cure’ the patient of their addictions instantly.

While the arguement rages about the processes of the NHS, Private Health Insurance is considered to be a viable and attractive option to the public.  Concerns about a two-tier health system for those with Private Health Insurance, and those without have no founding according the authors of an unpublished, and as yet untitled, report.  The report suggest that competition in Private Health insurance is strong enough that it is affordable to the overwhelming majority of Britons and the popularisation of such policies could be the catalyst to reduce mounting pressure on public services.