What are you doing?

[Dawgluver]

I like the way you think.

+1...

 

[roadfix]

And they say my country ****ed up.. Meh at least it is free here. *hugs to you all*
I wish I could kidnap you all and get you to Sweden.

Free, yes, but at a cost to tax payers. But there are many people who would rather buy private insurance and not deal with socialized medicine at all. I'm sure this is true in most nations that provide socialized medicine. I'm not picking on Sweden.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I say we retire from housework and hang out sipping wine...

With apologies to Billy Joel, I have a "box of red, box of white, it all depends on your appetite...".Come on over PF, taxy, dawg...everyone! (Virtual)Party at Chez Goddess!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

With apologies to Billy Joel, I have a "box of red, box of white, it all depends on your appetite...".Come on over PF, taxy, dawg...everyone! (Virtual)Party at Chez Goddess!

I'll have the water with ice, please.

 

[Dawgluver]

I'll have PF's wine.

 

[taxlady]

I'll come by after supper.

 

[GotGarlic]

I'll be there! ?

 

[caseydog]

Free, yes, but at a cost to tax payers. But there are many people who would rather buy private insurance and not deal with socialized medicine at all. I'm sure this is true in most nations that provide socialized medicine. I'm not picking on Sweden.

Sweden doesn't have what you can accurately describe as socialized medicine. As I understand it, it is kind of a hybrid. CakePoet can correct me where I'm wrong. Private insurance is available, and doctors are not government employees, like they are in true socialized medicine. There is a lot of local control, and the people who run the system are elected every few years, so they can lose their jobs if they don't do a good job.

Yes, taxes are the primary funding for health insurance there, but here, instead of taxes, we pay insurance premiums. One way or another, we all pay. It is just a matter of who we pay, and how much.

In Sweden, health care consumes about 9-percent of the country's GDP. In the USA, it is almost 18-percent of GDP. That's double the cost.

CD

 

[Farmer Jon]

Cleaned up the basement today. Am I the only one who mops thier furnace room and wipes down the water heater? I have a little bit of OCD. It shows up in the weirdest places when I least expect it.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I'll have PF's wine.

Thanks, Dawg, I know it's going to a good home.

 

[CharlieD]

I bought 30 pounds of carp this morning. Just finished turning it into gefilte fish. Tired.

 

[CharlieD]

Free, yes, but at a cost to tax payers. But there are many people who would rather buy private insurance and not deal with socialized medicine at all. I'm sure this is true in most nations that provide socialized medicine. I'm not picking on Sweden.

You don't have to kidnap me, just send me a ticket, also can I stay with you for the time? I would love to visit.

 

[CharlieD]

Cleaned up the basement today. Am I the only one who mops thier furnace room and wipes down the water heater? I have a little bit of OCD. It shows up in the weirdest places when I least expect it.

Not sure about OCD, but if you have spare time you are welcome to take care of my basement. I've been working around 60 hours every week at work for the last two month and still volunteer in the synagogue on weekend. I don't remember how broom or map looks and it shows.

 

[CakePoet]

Well it is very simple you pay your taxes, taxes here is way simpler then USA, it part of your daily life and tax is invisible because it part of what you pay from the beginning and also removed from you salary before you get your money.
And in the end of the year, you get a yellow sheet, check up what you earned, see if it looks alright and then you grab your mobile and send a text to the tax office with code and response, done.

The founding for National Health insurance comes mostly from unclaimed heritages.

So here comes the question, do you want to go private which can cost a lot or state founded that cost you a maximum of 1100 SEK in a 12 months period ( private doesnt go under this)?
Same level of care.
Medicine are subsidized and you pay a maximum of 2200 SEK per year, you get discount that get higher and higher the more you buy. My husband is on 75% and pays 13 SEK for his epilepsy meds.

How ever things you need daily to survive, like needles and strips and sum such are free.

This way we can keep a very healthy work force and we tend to treat the disease then the symptom.

Please , remember what you hear on the news about my country isnt the truth, they been using racist and crackpots lately as "experts".

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Changing gears here from the verboten political talk...

I've been beating my head on my laptop, trying to figure out what on earth I did to shuffle some of my photo files around in Dropbox. It seems like the three different accesses I have for it on my laptop each give me a different view. I am going to have to remember this problem earlier in the day. It seems I trip my memory every time, late at night, when I come here to post my dinner photo. Dang, I have to remember this earlier! Neither Himself nor I want to tackle it at 2:30AM no matter what kind of night owls we are!

 

[CakePoet]

Done the daycare drop, it just short walk but it was so foggy today, we could barely see the school from the end of the road ( a short road) but as we got closer it cleared just enough so we could see a cat eating a mouse and then it fogged over again.

 

[CharlieD]

Well it is very simple you pay your taxes, taxes here is way simpler then USA, it part of your daily life and tax is invisible because it part of what you pay from the beginning and also removed from you salary before you get your money.
And in the end of the year, you get a yellow sheet, check up what you earned, see if it looks alright and then you grab your mobile and send a text to the tax office with code and response, done.

The founding for National Health insurance comes mostly from unclaimed heritages.

So here comes the question, do you want to go private which can cost a lot or state founded that cost you a maximum of 1100 SEK in a 12 months period ( private doesnt go under this)?
Same level of care.
Medicine are subsidized and you pay a maximum of 2200 SEK per year, you get discount that get higher and higher the more you buy. My husband is on 75% and pays 13 SEK for his epilepsy meds.

How ever things you need daily to survive, like needles and strips and sum such are free.

This way we can keep a very healthy work force and we tend to treat the disease then the symptom.

Please , remember what you hear on the news about my country isnt the truth, they been using racist and crackpots lately as "experts".

Now, how many people live in your country?

 

[cjmmytunes]

And they say my country ****ed up.. Meh at least it is free here. *hugs to you all*
I wish I could kidnap you all and get you to Sweden.

Me too, but I don't think my mom could handle the trip at 78. Or, she will be 78 in June. Last year was a rough one - started the year recovering from a hip replacement surgery in 10/15. 2 months in rehab, got out a week before Christmas. 6/9/16 - she woke up with a head ache that was, as she says, "The worst I've ever had". Couldn't even sit up - had to call 911. Got to hospital, come to find out she had aneurysm. Transferred to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA. About an hours drive each way. In the hospital up there 3 weeks, then transferred to a rehab center in our home town - same one she used for hip replacement. In for almost 3 months this time. Released 9/28/16. Hasn't been quite the same since the aneurysm.

One good thing came out of the aneurysm - spent much more time with a cousin that lives in Norfolk. She lives about a 5 minute walk from one of the stops for the local light rail, so stayed with her. $20 a week for unlimited transit services as opposed to $20a day for parking at the hospital.

 

[cjmmytunes]

I am not even on pills anymore. I now control it strictly by diet. It took a long time. I have never been on injectable insulin. So that made it just a bit easier. I have what is called "All Inclusive" health insurance. Which means I pay for nothing. And if I hear of a new medication and want to try it, I am allowed to. The only problem I have with it is a matter of trust. They have to learn that I am not stupid. If I feel poorly, I will let them know. Right now I have to go in to have my vitals checked once a month. Mainly so they can charge my insurance.

I'm so glad for you - I started out just d&e, then metformin. In 2009 I got really sick with a UTI and went into DKA, so was admitted to hospital for 4 days. Was also put on insulin and haven't been able to get off.

 

[CakePoet]

Oh we just hit 10 million Swedes, not that many but still it works because we set our minds to it.

Why we cleaned up Sweden and got as it is today, well we gave back Norway to the Norwegians and then had some sort of crisis and had to show off and started setting 100 years goals.