That tends to be part of the regular health checkup.
I think that there's a working assumption amongst US folk that because the NHS is is publicly funded, it must be terrible.
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Actually, I would've have assumed the other way - that the NHS was better than the US system. Which was why I was shocked when you said health checkups aren't allowed before age 40. :)
US healthcare plans offer an annual physical exam every year at all ages. Looking at the UK NHS website, it seems to be only offered there after age 40, and limited to once every 5 years? Am I reading that right?
> Actually, I would've have assumed the other way - that the NHS was better than the US system.
I thought it was relatively uncontroversial that the major problem with US healthcare is not quality but cost. And the UK NHS is widely regarded as one of the lower quality implementations of single payer in any modern social democracy [0].
[0] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/health (#23, but Canada is actually worse!)