Under the weather
I've not felt so well over the last week or so. Mostly the regular aches and pains that come from late season sniffles and colds but this time there was something new on top. So, for only the second time since we first arrived here I feel the need to talk to a doctor. Despite a recent wave of cost cutting there's a good, generally free, state medical system in Spain. Dentistry, for adults, isn't included and there are prescription charges but it's basically free. Oh, there must be charges for prostheses too because there was a recent news story about some lad who had his modern splint replaced by a plaster cast when he couldn't pay the charge. Lots of Spaniards seem to choose to take out relatively inexpensive private health cover as well but mainly for queue jumping rather than quality reasons. Parallels with the British National Health System are pretty obvious. Anyway I'm registered with the health service in my home community - la Communidad Valencian...