Re: Mr Barack "Hope & Change" Obama
In the UK the NHS has deteriorated over the last few years, mainly due to the forced introduction of private companies and rampant managerialism (also imported from the private sector).
The 50% paying extra for private care is simply untrue - not a good reflection on your source for that one.
Of course one problem of a universal health care system is that people tend to live longer, with a consequent increase in geriatric health problems which then require additional social and health care, and its safe to say that in the UK we haven't really grasped the nettle on this yet.
Any reference to capitalism is meaningless because:
a. universal health care is part of a capitalist system,
b. capitalism changed in 2008/9 and shows no sign of reverting to its previous state
Biting the hand that feeds IT
