Should the NHS be privatised?
No, There is no other way to provide the necessary level of care than by a medical system paid for by national insurance. If you look at the USA – it is far more expensive and inefficient than the UK without having a demonstrable increase in standards of health. It is inefficient because its bureacracy is immense you have The admin of loads of different health care providers -hospitals doctors etc. You have the admin of the HMOs You have the admin of the insurance companies That costs more money than having just the admin of the health care system Secondly the private care system leads to all sorts of short termist economics that are bad for long term health and long term expenditure on health care. More money gets spent on drugs than on preventative medicine and primary care to keep people healthy. All sorts of expensive tests are done which are not strictly medically necessary. Many people are not covered by health insurance which has a knock on effect in several areas – 1) the probl
