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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
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By Cynthia Perfeni
 It is alarming that a growing number of healthy and fit people now really believe that they have no reason to have medical insurance. They exercise regularly, do not smoke or take alcohol, eat nothing but a nourishing diet, and lead a healthy, stress-free lifestyle. Some even convert to vegetarianism, practice yoga meditation, reiki, chi gong and other Eastern practices thought to prevent diseases and increase one's life-span. So who needs medical insurance anyway?
Sadly though, some of these health buffs, some in the prime of their lives, all of a sudden get sick and die. You may have heard of someone who, while exercising, just suddenly keeled over and fell dead in his running shoes. This disproves that being healthy means being invulnerable to all illnesses and sickness. There will always be a "chink in your armor" that infections and illnesses can penetrate.
Is health insurance coverage only for the old and the ill?
If health is wealth, then it cannot be emphasized enough that having medical insurance is definitely one of the best investments you can ever have. The well-known |
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Saturday, 01 November 2008 |
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By Ben Needles
 One of the biggest social aspects that Britain has been able to pride itself on over the last sixty years is the National Health Service. Free medical treatment available for everyone is something that has even attracted foreigners to take up residence within this country. For a while, even prescriptions were free although this didnt last very long. However, for everyone to have access to doctors, hospitals, consultants, medical professionals and operations, free of charge is one of the best things the government could have done for this country.
So whats going wrong? Why is it that more and more people are finding it necessary to invest in private medical insurance? Is trust in the NHS waning?
In short, yes it is. Waiting lists for consultations and operations have become notoriously long to the point where people have died while waiting to see the right person. Sometimes, general practitioners are so pressured that they miss obvious symptoms and patients are losing faith in them. On top of this, the NHS has become just as much of a business as anything else and many |
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