This shift marks an existential crisis for the NHS: if younger generations don’t use it, they won’t want to pay for it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
Private health companies often use the same facilities and stuff as public health. It ends up basically paying to jump the queue. Also the private health companies take the low risk, glamorous stuff and leave the complex, high risk, unglamorous stuff to public health.
Oh I completely agree. Private and public funding options should be working in harmony, but private must be prevented from overreaching into the public sector
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Yeah, but having to wait four years because you are poor doesn’t sound fair to me.
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Doesn’t help that the Tories were “stressing” the NHS for years, which makes it harder for things to get back on track.
Private health companies often use the same facilities and stuff as public health. It ends up basically paying to jump the queue. Also the private health companies take the low risk, glamorous stuff and leave the complex, high risk, unglamorous stuff to public health.
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.
Oh I completely agree. Private and public funding options should be working in harmony, but private must be prevented from overreaching into the public sector