[kgwgk]

Not just the kind of hospital room, but I'd say it's the main difference (there are many different supplemental insurance products anyway). And I don't thing "semi-private insurance" is a thing anywhere else.

Even if you're right and the term is used more generally than I thought, my main point stands: it's quite different from what people in other countries call "private health insurance" so in the context of the discussion here the distinction is relevant.

[nix23]

>my main point stands: it's quite different from what people in other countries call

You never made that point...sorry

[kgwgk]

I got slightly side-tracked when you said "we mean" and I wanted to clarify if you meant "the people having this discussion in this thread".

But I actually made the point:

    Supplementary insurance is conceptually different, by definition, from comprehensive private health insurance which provides alternative coverage for what is already covered within the public healthcare system.

Maybe I could have added for more clarity:

  And that's what the person you replied to means with "very few people have private health care in Europe, at least in the UK".