• zwerg@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    Most people don’t have any insurance to cover this precisely because the NHS will always pick up the bill. I’ve never heard of any criminal getting a bill for medical charges they’ve caused. Here in Germany, its all personal insurance - albeit strictly regulated. Maybe that’s how it works in France?

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      15 hours ago

      Y’all aren’t required to carry liability insurance to drive? I know in the US it’s because of costs to the victim, but hell, the NHS deserves to take the cost of treatment from people who hurt others

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        13 hours ago

        You need insurance to drive… but this wasn’t an accident and he wasn’t even in the car. Very unlikely it would cover him for anything at all.