“Europeans are too hard on the NHS”
As an American mother living in the UK, I am thankful for the great British institution that is the National Health Service (NHS). Over the past 10 years I have… Read more »
Category: Country Updates
Bad melons kill 30 in the US
Of all the health issues concerning expats, food safety is right at the top of the list. Hardly a month goes by, it seems, without some failing, whether it’s radioactive… Read more »
Japan recalls radioactive milk
You may want to think twice about feeding your baby Meiji powdered milk. Yesterday the Japanese company announced some 400,000 cans of its STEP powdered milk for infants had been contaminated… Read more »
Could China’s expat tax be short-lived?
When China announced its new social insurance tax on expatriates (requiring them to pay into the Chinese health system), one of the most common complaints was that expats don’t use… Read more »
Australia bans tobacco branding
Today Australia became the first country to ban advertising on tobacco packaging. No more logos, brands–even images are forbidden. Effective December 1st, 2012, Australia has banned “the use of logos,… Read more »
Kuwaiti docs oppose separate expat hospitals
The Kuwaiti doctors union has rejected a plan to create separate hospitals for expats, according to a report by Habib Toumi on gulfnews.com. The doctors said separate hospitals would not… Read more »
Russia bans “tainted” German pigs
Every day you eat poison. We’re talking about dioxin, a deadly family of chemicals present in many of the meat, fish and dairy products we eat every day. While normally… Read more »
Scotland tackles its drinking problem with minimum prices
Scottish doctors are fighting hard for a law putting a minimum price on alcohol. They say higher prices will curb a national drinking problem that costs the public health system… Read more »
Dubai’s mandatory insurance law due in 2012
Dubai’s mandatory health insurance scheme, currently under review, could be implemented as early as 2012, reports Claire Ferris-Lay on Arabian Business. This would involve only the initial stages of the… Read more »
No free NHS treatment at home for UK expats
British expats are up in arms over new rules preventing them from receiving free NHS treatment. The new regulations, designed to curb expat “medical tourism,” forbid free treatment to UK… Read more »