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0 pointsPickledJesus8y ago0 comments

This is what horrifies a lot of us (British) about the NHS being further privatised. You create perverse incentives, beyond just providing the healthcare required.

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abfan11278y ago

Medicare isn't private. If it were, the premiums would be so high, that people would be forced to choose...

specialist8y ago

As I understand these things... Medicare is single payer and NHS is single payer & single provider. Which would make the British NHS more akin to USA's Veteran's Administration.

FWIW: I advocate single payer (Medicare for All), but not single (sole) provider.

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