Ukrainians are quickly learning the real cost of supposedly 'free' healthcare. Forced to seek asylum in the United Kingdom since Russia's invasion, Ukrainian refugees are reportedly sneaking back into their war-torn country to obtain medical treatment. The cause: the National Health Service's…
Ukrainians are quickly learning the real cost of supposedly"free" healthcare. Forced to seek asylum in the United Kingdom since Russia's invasion, Ukrainian refugees are reportedly sneaking back into their war-torn country to obtain medical treatment. The cause: the National Health Service's abominable wait times.
Habruk headed back to Kyiv, a 24-hour journey"which includes a flight to Poland and a long and dangerous train journey to Kyiv." The crisis apparently isn't unique to England. The Scottish Liberal Democratic leader warned Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, that"the air raid sirens, the drone strikes, and the cruise missile attacks of the Ukrainian capital were less daunting" to a Ukrainian refugee who left the U.K. for Ukrainian medical treatment rather than wait for services from Scotland's NHS.
Although Ukraine's government healthcare system is an ideological successor to the Soviet system, Politico reported in 2017 that"in reality, its system is underfunded, corrupt and inaccessible." The result, in practice, is a price-based model with patients paying out-of-pocket for services. Prior to the Russian invasion, Ukraine became a hot spot for medical tourists seeking cosmetic surgeries — on par with European quality but a fraction of the price.
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