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NHS 'broken' by past governments, Starmer tells BBC
BBC News ^ | September 7, 2024 | Laura Kuenssberg

Posted on 09/07/2024 2:53:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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1 posted on 09/07/2024 2:53:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Yeah that’s the ticket, and Morgan Fairchild is my girlfriend, yeah.


2 posted on 09/07/2024 2:59:09 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Govt’ medicine is ALWAYS broken. In the U.S. it is also UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!

America wake up!!!

Get back to healthcare in the free market’s voluntary cooperation between patients and doctors - the best healthcare system in the world and what we used to have before the feds got their dirty mitts on it beginning around 1950’s & 1960’s.


3 posted on 09/07/2024 2:59:40 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It was born “broken” as the entire concept is flawed.


4 posted on 09/07/2024 3:00:24 PM PDT by traderrob6
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It can be salvaged if we kill all the white people…


5 posted on 09/07/2024 3:00:47 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Jim W N

At least in the UK, you can pay for private health care. In Canada you can’t do that so you have to drive (or fly) to the U.S.


6 posted on 09/07/2024 3:01:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Wouldn’t it be more correct to say previous governments betraying the promise of fiscal responsibility that got them elected....?

The previous government was not voted out because they were being conservative but because they just offered more of the same policies that lead to U.K. mess in the first place.


7 posted on 09/07/2024 3:01:47 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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At least in the UK, you can pay for private health care.

While still paying for gov't healthcare...

FUGEDDABOUDDITTT!!!

8 posted on 09/07/2024 3:03:52 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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While still paying for gov't healthcare...

FUGEDDABOUDDITTT!!!

That's the way it goes. Gavin Newsom's kids are not attending public schools.

9 posted on 09/07/2024 3:06:32 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Socialism: THEY did it wrong. We will do it right.
Fascism: THEY did it wrong. We will do it right.
Communism: THEY did it wrong. We will do it right.

NHS?
Same old song and dance.


10 posted on 09/07/2024 3:06:52 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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Yeah, the old “past governments didn’t do it right.” Idiots if they buy this crap yet again.


11 posted on 09/07/2024 3:07:36 PM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

:: It can be salvaged if we kill all the white people… ::

Damn, forgot that one in my list.


12 posted on 09/07/2024 3:07:56 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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Quotes:

Your [UK] healthcare insurance won’t usually cover private treatment for:

organ transplants
pre-existing medical conditions
normal pregnancy and childbirth costs
cosmetic surgery to improve your appearance
injuries relating to dangerous sports or arising from war or war-like hostilities
chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDs-related illnesses, diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension (high blood pressure) and related illnesses.

Pros

Specialist referrals. You can ask your GP to refer you to an expert or a specialist working privately to get a second opinion or specialist treatment.

Get the scans you want. If the NHS delays a scan, or won’t let you have one, you can use your cover to pay for it.

Reduce the waiting time. You can use your insurance to reduce the time you spend waiting for NHS treatment, if your wait time is more than six weeks.

Choose your surgeon and hospital. You can (in theory) choose a surgeon and hospital to suit your time and place, which isn’t possible on the NHS.

Get a private room. You’re more likely to get a private room, rather than stay in an open ward which might be mixed-sex.

Specialist drugs and treatments might be available. Some aren’t available on the NHS because they’re too expensive or not approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in England and Wales (NICE) or the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC).

https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/everyday-money/insurance/do-you-need-private-medical-insurance


13 posted on 09/07/2024 3:13:30 PM PDT by Brian Griffin ("Why didn’t she do it three and a half years ago?”)
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Trying to do almost everything for people who do almost nothing tends to be problematical.


14 posted on 09/07/2024 3:19:46 PM PDT by Brian Griffin ("Why didn’t she do it three and a half years ago?”)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

The cure for every leftist problem is censorship.

If they can force everybody to shut up the problem goes away like magic!

:-)


15 posted on 09/07/2024 3:21:09 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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At least Starmer is admitting that the NHS is $#it.

But at the same time, he's telling you to shut up about it.

16 posted on 09/07/2024 3:22:29 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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17 posted on 09/07/2024 3:26:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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I wonder if part of the problem with the NHS can be traced to the myriad ethnicities that have migrated to England over the past few decades. It’s much easier to treat patients if the population is homogenous. We have that problem too but 10-fold, which is an important reason why govt run healthcare will not work in America.


18 posted on 09/07/2024 3:34:48 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024! )
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We have that problem too but 10-fold, which is an important reason why govt run healthcare will not work in America.

If Harris becomes the POTUS, after 8 years, I wouldn't be surprised to see if we have something similar to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

If Trump wins, things will continue to work for the next four years.

19 posted on 09/07/2024 3:37:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Okay, so its broken. What is Starmer’s solution it? I'll bet it involves raising taxes and the “solution” is even worse. It would probably help if the NHS didn't have to service millions of illegal, non-taxpaying migrants. But, don't look for that to be part of any “solution”.

Also, kind of like when the Left says that immigration is “broken” or the Constitution is “dangerous”. Most of that is due to their shenanigans and lies.

20 posted on 09/07/2024 3:38:36 PM PDT by rbg81
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