England is getting rid of their government healthcare.

[darroll]

Is this the answer to healthcare?


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/europe/25britain.html?_r=3&hp

[pirate_girl]

“The real mistake that is being made by the health secretary is to drive through an ideologically determined program of reorganization which is motivated by the principle of efficiency savings,” said Robin Durie, a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Exeter. “History shows clearly that quality will suffer as a consequence.”

[darroll]

Does England have a good system now?
What about the wino's and drug addicts?
They have to treat them, don’t they?
Sense the US imports over one ton of dope into this country each day, some messed up people are going to need healthcare. The clinic that we go to now will not treat them. The government will force them to treat them when our plan kicks in. (If we have a local clinic anymore).
I don’t see how our new healthcare plan can survive.

[mak2]

:yum:I missed the part where they were getting rid of their healthcare system. Show me that part then show me where it says they are digressing to a system like ours. Least you guys are funny.

[darroll]

Quote:
The plan would also shrink the bureaucratic apparatus, in keeping with the government’s goal to effect $30 billion in “efficiency savings” in the health budget by 2014 and to reduce administrative costs by 45 percent. Tens of thousands of jobs would be lost because layers of bureaucracy would be abolished. End Quote.

[mak2]

Ok, they are making thier UHC system more efficent. Maybe we can learn something.

[loboloco]

Ok, they are making thier UHC system more efficent. Maybe we can learn something.
Yep, we can. Don't go down that road in the first place.

[muleman]

They have suffered with the same bloated bureaucracy as we are in the midst of building with the current administration. Throw in years of giving in to bloated and greedy unions,outrageous pensions for public sector and a government administered health care system and you are looking at America in about 5 years. Hope everyone likes the "change" that is coming. I am looking forward to it even less than when my wife went through hers!:hammer: