London, Innit

BUPA's not what I think it is, and has a weird phone-system

I need UK health insurance: that is, a plan where I pay a premium every month, and possibly a deductible based on individual expenses (check-ups, prescriptions, etc), and they pay for everything else: show up at a doctor's, dentist's, optometrist's, or hospital, wave my insurance card, and get taken care of.

I tried BUPA, which has a weird-ass contact system. You fill in a form with your phone number and name and email, and then, like five seconds later, they ring you back (impressive!) and then ask you for your phone number, name and email (uhhh...), then hang up, and a minute later, someone else calls you.

Weird. Anyway: BUPA can't help me. BUPA only kicks in after you've seen a GP, for which I would have to pay cash. Which sux0rs. So I'm after a different species of insurance, I spose. Posted by Cory Doctorow at April 13, 2004 01:28 PM | TrackBack