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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
Herein lies the fundamental conflict between the Cameron and Hannan wings of the Conservative party.
Cameron sees that the easiest path to victory for his party in the next election is to accept the status quo regarding the NHS and anyone who thinks otherwise is, at best, "eccentric," - as he recently dubbed Mr. Hannan.
Hannan favors ending the NHS and creating a system of private accounts. It will come as no surprise to any of you that I agree with him on this. However, Britain's NHS is the third largest employer on the face of the earth and the fact that Mr. Hannan believes that such a bureaucracy should be dismantled is a radical concept to most Brits. I continue to maintain that it is not the role of government to intervene in the free market. Government programs never work well. Mr. Hannan's point was bolstered last week when the Canadian Minister for Health announced that Canada's NHS was "imploding." These things are unsustainable, even with rationing.
We in the U.S. are fighting hard to defeat such a proposal here. The majority of Americans are opposed and are challenging their representatives at every turn. Most of us still value freedom, I am happy to say.
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What you fail to take account of is that for many people the price of private healthcare would be completely unaffordable. If you have any kind of serious medical problem the premiums would be 'sky high'. Some people are unfortunate enough to have long term medical problems which will require medication throughout the rest of their lives.
Also you do not mention the millions of your fellow countrymen who do not have any healthcare, because their income does not allow them to pay.