If you ever wondered what fully privatised #healthcare might look like in the UK, look no further than veterinary #medicine for your answer.
Of course, not all vets are money grasping exploiters of human's fondness for their pets, but equally not all private health care is disastrous... but the problem is the structures encourage (incentivise) such behaviour(s) when profit, not wellbeing becomes the key motivation for activity.
#dentistry has gone this way too!
Yes, on the dentistry front, where I live in Luxembourg it appears that many dentist tend to favour doing very profitable work rather than offering their patients the more economical treatments. When I needed a lot of work done, I was examined by a number of dentists. The first wanted 25,000 Euros, another 40,000 Euros yet another wanted 1000 Euros for periodontal treatment that was not necessary at all plus 10s of 1000s more for bridges and other dubious treatment that he admitted would likely only last 5 years.
A practice in Trier just over the German border wanted a more reasonable 12,000 Euros but finally I found a German guy who has a practice in Luxembourg who likes saving people money and who did a totally satisfactory job for 6500 Euros
@Paulos_the_fog
Crikey, even the cheaper option still sounds like a lot....