Wednesday, January 22, 2014

It's comin' to America, folks-----Swedes buy insurance to skip long health queues

Swedes buy insurance to skip long health queues - The Local:
"One in ten Swedes now has private health insurance, often through their employers, with some recipients stating it makes business sense to be seen quickly rather than languish in national health care queues.

Sweden's health system 'worst in the Nordics' (04 Dec 13)
'Rid health care of venture capital': Liberals (11 Nov 13)
Swedish midwives cut health care costs (02 Oct 13)

More than half a million Swedes now have private health insurance, showed a new review from industry organization Swedish Insurance (Svensk Försäkring).
In eight out of ten cases, the person's employer had offered them the private insurance deal.

"It's quicker to get a colleague back to work if you have an operation in two weeks' time rather than having to wait for a year," privately insured Anna Norlander told Sveriges Radio on Friday.
 "It's terrible that I, as a young person, don't feel I can trust the health care system to take care of me." "

No comments: