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Originally Posted by Chris
Free at point of use, obviously. 
And if healthcare providers making a profit from their services is so appallingly evil, how come it works so smoothly in that well-known hotbed of right-wing, free marketeering capitalism, Germany?
Provided the State pays the same for any given procedure in any hospital, and that procedure is carried out to an agreed standard, why does it make a difference who owns the hospital? |
Who is to say we'd go down the German route or the French one, if we did it probably wouldn't be so bad, might even be a tad better unfortunately I fear we'd emulate the US and no one wants that surely. Also if we're paying private providers the same money it makes more sense to me for the NHS to be given the resources in the first place.