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NHS may be forced to abandon free healthcare, Britain’s top doctor says
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| 10:30PM GMT 19 Jan 2015
| Bill Gardner
Posted on 01/19/2015 3:20:27 PM PST by Olog-hai
Britain’s most senior doctor has said the under-pressure NHS may be forced to abandon the concept of free healthcare for all.
Prof. Sir Bruce Keogh, medical director of the NHS in England, said there were doubts over whether the taxpayer-funded model was “sustainable in the longer term”.
He added that huge changes were needed—including less reliance on hospitals—if free treatment was to be preserved.
He told the Guardian: “If the NHS continues to function as it does now, it’s going to really struggle to cope because the model of delivery and service that we have at the moment is not fit for the future.” …
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: freehealthcare; nhs; nhsnightmare; obamacare; obamacarefuture; singlepayer; tanstafhc
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:20:27 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:22:07 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Olog-hai
But the taxes... will they be abandoned?
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:22:40 PM PST
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: Olog-hai
Idunno...lot of one-percenters there. I think they can keep it going until the next collapse.
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:25:00 PM PST
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: Olog-hai
They’ve been at it for the last 70 years, and they’re only realising this NOW?
I don’t think it was sustainable to begin with—I’ll go out on a limb and say there were people THEN that thought the NHS a total wash.
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:25:16 PM PST
by
__rvx86
(Rafael Cruz Jr: soon to be the first conservative, Latino President of the U.S. ¡Si se puede!)
To: Olog-hai
Nothing is ‘free’. Healthcare has to be administered by someone, and even if that someone is a robot, someone still has to make the robot. Making drugs and devices isn't free. Nurses don't work for free. Hospitals aren't built for free. I would happily donate my services for free for those who truly can't pay anything, but that still doesn't cover medications, hospital expenses, tests, etc. etc.
To: Olog-hai
So they’ll charge the Brits and give free healthcare to the immigrants.
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:31:09 PM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Olog-hai
...the concept of free healthcare for all... It's a "concept" of Marxism, not compatible with free market capitalism. Which is why Obgumbe promotes it.
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:31:44 PM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Olog-hai
Somebody ping Miotch McConnell and John Boener before they give away the farm.
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:39:04 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Someone tell the idiots who voted for him because they believe in obamacare.
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:39:40 PM PST
by
VerySadAmerican
(Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
To: Olog-hai
He'll do it better...once we all have free healthcare...the country will dissolve itself....with no govt...no nation...it won't matter at that point... Thanks OBAMA!
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:44:08 PM PST
by
BCW
(ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
To: Olog-hai
it not losing the free healthcare, it’s the services, drugs, and procedures that will be prohibited in order to preserve free health care.
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:48:31 PM PST
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: Olog-hai
Color me shocked! Who knew? I mean, really? Who could figure out that free healthcare isn’t really free?
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:51:34 PM PST
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: JohnBrowdie
There’s healthcare without services, drugs and procedures?
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:55:49 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Soon it will be only be free for the poorest 65%, funded by the other 35%
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posted on
01/19/2015 3:57:50 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: Olog-hai
surprise surprise surprise
tell me again how great the NHS is /s
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posted on
01/19/2015 4:15:10 PM PST
by
Nifster
To: Olog-hai
starting to run out of other peoples money, eh???
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posted on
01/19/2015 4:23:02 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Someone tell Mr. Obama.”
He knows...and you know that.
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posted on
01/19/2015 4:27:46 PM PST
by
BobL
(REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win.)
To: Olog-hai
That makes no sense; I saw the celebration of their National Health Service in the Opening Ceremonies. It's a glorious success, in which working people happily donate their hard-earned money so that others can receive as much expensive care as they demand. How could a model that generous fail?
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posted on
01/19/2015 4:36:35 PM PST
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: Olog-hai
Somewhere Maggie Thatcher is chuckling.
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