08-13-2018, 01:30 PM
(08-12-2018, 03:35 AM)Galen Wrote: The British NHS wait lists are getting so bad that patients are going to private providers. It would no doubt be worse without the private sector which mysteriously manages to avoid these kinds of problems.
Here is a defector from the Soviet Union to explain how bad socialized medicine can get. This is particularly true when there is no private sector to go to which was the case in the Soviet Union.
The NHS is, and has been, dramatically underfunded by the Tories who would love to kill it if they can. An increase in funding was just approved, because the public demanded it. Note: the UK only spends ~9% of GDP on healthcare. The US spends ~17% for worse overall health results. Also noteworthy: British subjects love their NHS, and wonder what we are thinking with our system.
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