I honestly thought we'd have more questions for Peter. I purposely
asked none because I was worried that would just be an invitation to attack.
However, here are questions that interest me:
1-Is everyone really and truly covered with a decent level of care?
2-Can you choose your own physician, hospital, and pharmacy?
3-Since all health systems have some mechanism for rationing care, what
sort of mechanism does Belgium use? How is it decided who is eligible
for heart transplants, for example?
4-What happens when you are out of Belgium and have to get medical
attention?
5-If one is injured in an accident, who pays? Is a part of your auto
insurance premium for liability insurance to pay for the health care for
someone you might accidentally injure in an auto accident?
6-If someone slips and falls in a store, and is injured, is the store
liable for any of the medical or wages lost costs? If so, is negligence
an issue?
7-Are prescription drugs paid for by the program?
8-Are there direct costs you have to pay out-of-pocket?
There are lots of other questions, but those are my front burner questions.
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Colpaert, Peter
<Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd be more than happy to tell you guys how health care is done in Belgium, but you'll have to help me.
I don't know anything about how everything is financed and how it works, so the only thing I could do is answer specific questions, such as "how much does it cost when you go to your family doctor for a consult", etc.
Feel free to ask, I'll do my best to answer.
Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer - PLM Development Team
Philips Consumer Luminaires
Tel: (+32) 3/459 13 17
Fax: (+32) 3/450 74 33
Address: Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Email: Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [CPF0000] How others do it.
Was "Re: [CPF0000] Nature of this list"
OK. Fair enough. I would be very interested in getting facts on how
its done in other countries, without the judgments of us Americans as
to
good, bad, tall, or short.
There are several on this list who have real experience with how other
countries do some things, and it would seem really useful to listen to
their experiences on those things.
One specific area is health care in their country and in the countries
neighboring them that they might be familiar with.
Hopefully we can listen, ask questions, and try to learn. Hopefully we
can do it without name calling and wild statements.
Lets see... Norm is in Australia, Peter is in Belgium, Dave is in
England... are there others?
Or am I just whistling in the wind?
