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Originally posted by Donut:
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Originally posted by Skunk:
This is no longer the case in the UK - as you know. In the future, state-pensions will not exist - all will be private. So you will *not* need more immigrants to support an ever burgeoning system.
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We were discussing social health care rather than benefits in general. [/QUOTE]Well if the private pension is generous enough, the costs of private health insurance wouldn't be a problem either.
Here in the Netherlands, we pay into private health insurance companies - and get our care in state run hospitals. And the quasi private-public partnership works well.