h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Are you sure you don't mean "undies"? Do you want to talk about it?

while there are some nice similarities you should not mix scandinavians with people of the netherlands - or other european countries for that matter

and if you have citizenship in one of the EU countries we couldn't stop you coming here even if we wanted to

all we want from you is* please pay our sky high taxes

Touche Yarreau I did ask for that one Though I didn't check what draw I grabbed my underpants from this morning That could explain why they feel a bit tight at the front and baggy at the rear

ah .. .. so ... you're a bit uncomfortable?

That's why he thinks he needs 40mg of morphine...

and a good hard shove off of the A*se end of the channel ferry They're too tight to walk there myself

after the morphine? I would suggest to sleep it off first a long and deep sleep

coming from anyone from the Netherlands at my age I'm feeling extremely nervous *rips off strange underwear*

*covers eyes*

I would like to know the answer to that one: - do foreigners (who also pay the extornionate VAT as they buy consumer goods while living there) benefit unconditionally from the health and social service in Sweden, Norway, etc?

If not, it's a bit like my situation - I give the German government half of my pay but I don't have a say in what they do with it. Taxpayer and citizen but not allowed to vote due to being nationality-challenged.

I think in Sweden (from what I've read) you can get registered if you'll live there for over a year. Then you get to visit the doctor on the same conditions as the Swedes, but not the dentist.

That's fair.

Dental service is not really a part of the health system. You have to pay most of the costs yourself. There are some contribution from the government for prophylactic dental care. So when I see my hygienist I get a reduction of some 10-15% of the cost, and a routine check-up by your dentist is also somewhat reduced. Elderly people (over 75 I think) can apply for higher coverage.

All EU citizens have basically the right to same medical care as residents if they can show a certificate from their country of residence that they are entitled to public health care there.

You can read more here http://www.forsakringskassan.se/sprak/eng/

PS maybe you are better off with this link http://www.forsakringskassan.se/sprak/tys/

...at least I think it's the same information as it is in the English version...


not German speaking

Thanks, DQ - that's another thing to take care of then, before I go anywhere.

Oh, Mala, just get all your teeth knocked, and you'll have no problems on that front...

Y.

might be a solution, but...

i went to the dentist yesterday (like i do twice every year, just in case) and for the first time in years she found a defect filling

so she replaced it with a new one, but this time one of plastic, since the law says she's not allowed to use amalgam since 1st november

now, if only i had kept my first appointment i could have saved 2/3 of the bill, but i was unable to see her in october...

oh well, luckily i have a private health insurance on top of the public one, so i won't have to pay anything mentionable, and the new filling looks so much nicer than the old black ones



ps: i believe dragonqueen is right. once you've lived here for some time (could be a year, makes sense) you will be considered as scandinavian as the rest of us

Yelbakk - my father actually did that, in his early 20s Not a solution I'd like to try!

Ok, Mal, with your teeth still intact Have you come any closer to making a decision on where to invade next?