National Health Service.

[Harrybrigham]

Thanks Frank.

 

[Harrybrigham]

@Isaac You pay for your "free" NHS healthcare through the tax system using something called National Insurance contributions. You will get allocated a specialist, should you need one. I do not believe you have any choice. For that, you will need to pay for private health care.

Actually national insurance does not cover the cost of the NHS. The majority of the money comes from gemeral taxation.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

For what it is worth, I finally saw the new cardio guy, had my tests. His accent isn't so tough at all. Don't know (and don't care) whether he is from India, Pakistan, or some other country in that part of the world. Tests came out way better than I expected because my family history on Dad's side is abysmal. (Dad and both his brothers died at age 77 or 78 of myocardial infarctions.) While I do have a touch of atherosclerosis, I have no major blockages and my heart muscle does not show any damage. Not bad for 73 years old.

If I inherited Dad's old-age mental acuity and Mom's heart, then maybe I've dodged at least a couple of biological bullets.

 

[Isaac]

For what it is worth, I finally saw the new cardio guy, had my tests. His accent isn't so tough at all. Don't know (and don't care) whether he is from India, Pakistan, or some other country in that part of the world. Tests came out way better than I expected because my family history on Dad's side is abysmal. (Dad and both his brothers died at age 77 or 78 of myocardial infarctions.) While I do have a touch of atherosclerosis, I have no major blockages and my heart muscle does not show any damage. Not bad for 73 years old.

If I inherited Dad's old-age mental acuity and Mom's heart, then maybe I've dodged at least a couple of biological bullets.

My litmus test is simply, do I understand what they are saying and do they understand what I'm saying? If both are yes then I'm okay with that!

Glad to hear everything turned out pretty well. Sounds like you have several bases covered