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mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 months agoOther European more private systems are just a bait and switch because it’s US companies who’ll come in.
I don’t have anything against US companies on principle. I think it’s sad that the bogeyman argument is used when talking about the NHS like this. As in, “if we allow US healthcare companies to participate then the NHS will die”.
Whilst we’re talking about principles, free at the point of use is the NHS principle. So as long as it’s free at the point of use I don’t actually mind if it’s US, UK, European, Japanese, Indian, South African, or any other country’s company providing the care. I also don’t mind if our funding model changes to address this like European countries.
The NHS is built on strong principles and regulations, but that’s doesn’t mean it can never change or be flexible. That’s kinda the point of principles… they’re robust enough to apply to many situations.
- Free at the point of use.
- Strong regulations on export of data whilst utilising vast amounts of anonymous data to increase healthcare outcomes.
- Strong regulations on healthcare standards.
- Strong regulations on overall costs leveraging large economies of scale.
Can we do that and move towards a more French German model? That’s what I’d love to hear a debate on without people being shouted down as US healthcare apologists. Nobody wants the US healthcare system, not even the Yanks.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 months ago
All of this won’t fix things (and may well make it worse). What is needed more that anything else is more money. And because it been starved for a decade, a lot more money.
The NHS is not the only thing that was false-economy cut. Lots of services got cut and the result where people ended up, in a worse state, falling into the NHS.
One thing that would help the NHS is to restore those other services, and deal with people before things get so bad it’s their health failing when the state helps them. Spent money on mental health and other care services to take load off the NHS.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I hear you. It needs more money. Great. But how? Maybe it’s time to rethink how we raise funds for the NHS?
jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Tax wealthy people and corporations more. There is a lot of wealth untapped and obscene levels of wealth.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Wealthy people and corporations are the subset of the population that are most able to hide their income. You’ll end up pissing off middle and low income earners and businesses this way.
Again, how do France and Germany have better health outcomes by their systems? I’m genuinely curious.