Today a area of aging

[ebbie15644]

Caseworker came to see my mother. We were talking about England and US health care and she said a person she knew had dual citizenship and lived here all her life. The person needed dialysis and the caseworker asked her why she didn't go back to England and the woman told our caseworker that in England dialysis isn't paid for for anyone over 70 years old. I tried to google this but could find nothing on this. Can anyone clarify?

[newfie11]

1. I wonder if she was talking about NHS

Or private care.
I really don't know and will be interested in the answer.

[djean111]

2. No, there is no age cut-off.

How very curious that this exact question, when I Google it, pops up all over the place; usually it is someone's doctor who asks this.
Reminds me of the early days of ACA rumors. Will proliferate, probably, if talk of single payer gets louder.

The NHS has seen quite an increase in the elderly needing dialysis, and looks like they intend to get more equipment, plus some sort of national levy to help pay for increased costs.
Read something about a pay-for-results system. IMO this is good AND bad - here, my sister has a lot of ailments, ongoing, and has trouble finding a doctor who will treat her at times, she is 67. She has been told things are all in her head. We think perhaps this is a result of pay-for-results here,

[ebbie15644]

3. Thanks I didn't think it sounded right.

I wish these people would check this stuff out before they tell others things like this.