Our doctors are (almost) all NHS (or the equivalent). Just our insurances differ. So if you go to a doc and you are state insured they charge the insurance company directly with the normal price, and when you are privately insured they charge you directly, and about twice as much. You then charge your insurance in turn. So before my private insurance I had to pay a little extra for the crowns (I think it was around 50€ each and since they came one after the other in a stretch of time it was quite ok) and after I switched to private they pay it all. Eventually.
Here, even on the NHS you have to pay part of the cost, unless you're a child (up to age 18 if you're in full-time education) or a pregnant woman. i think being on some benefits exempts you as well, but I'm not as sure about that. It's much less than private treatment though.
There are insurance schemes, but they're not as ubiquitous here.
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Our doctors are (almost) all NHS (or the equivalent). Just our insurances differ. So if you go to a doc and you are state insured they charge the insurance company directly with the normal price, and when you are privately insured they charge you directly, and about twice as much. You then charge your insurance in turn. So before my private insurance I had to pay a little extra for the crowns (I think it was around 50€ each and since they came one after the other in a stretch of time it was quite ok) and after I switched to private they pay it all. Eventually.
There are insurance schemes, but they're not as ubiquitous here.