Britain has free" health care which means it is run by the government and funded by taxpayers. Those on the left in the U.S. want to move to this model which is often referred to as universal healthcare or single-payer since the government handles all the financing. If something sounds too good to be true it probably is. If health care doesnt cost anything people are going to use more of it. Theyre not going to think prudently about which services they really need because they dont feel the immediate cost.
Consequently 131 out of the 138 hospital trusts in Britains National Health System (NHS) are now in debt. The deficit has nearly tripled in size over the past year and may reach 2.9 billion. These figures are beyond dire" declared Adam Roberts a representative of the Health Foundation think tank. The think tank has also revealed that efficiency improvements have remained stagnant. With no competition (other than private health care which costs money) there is little incentive to make improvements. David Prior former head of the Care and Quality Commission (CQC) non-departmental public body admits there is no real market in British health care and says this especially hurts people in rural areas who have access to only one hospital regardless of quality. He said 20 percent of hospitals have serious problems dating back several years and another 20 percent are only performing so-so.
Patients have long waits to see specialists and consequently British mortality rates are higher than in the U.S. The heart disease mortality rate is 36 percent higher than that in the U.S. and cancer survival rates are higher for Americans for all major cancer types. The breast cancer mortality rate is 88 percent higher in the UK.
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Britain has free" health care which means it is run by the government and funded by taxpayers. Those on the left in the U.S. want to move to this model which is often referred to as universal healthcare or single-payer since the government handles all the financing. If something sounds too good to be true it probably is. If health care doesnt cost anything people are going to use more of it. Theyre not going to think prudently about which services they really need because they dont feel the immediate cost.
Consequently 131 out of the 138 hospital trusts in Britains National Health System (NHS) are now in debt. The deficit has nearly tripled in size over the past year and may reach 2.9 billion. These figures are beyond dire" declared Adam Roberts a representative of the Health Foundation think tank. The think tank has also revealed that efficiency improvements have remained stagnant. With no competition (other than private health care which costs money) there is little incentive to make improvements. David Prior former head of the Care and Quality Commission (CQC) non-departmental public body admits there is no real market in British health care and says this especially hurts people in rural areas who have access to only one hospital regardless of quality. He said 20 percent of hospitals have serious problems dating back several years and another 20 percent are only performing so-so.
Patients have long waits to see specialists and consequently British mortality rates are higher than in the U.S. The heart disease mortality rate is 36 percent higher than that in the U.S. and cancer survival rates are higher for Americans for all major cancer types. The breast cancer mortality rate is 88 percent higher in the UK.
Read the rest of the article at Townhall