NHSnot ?

[empip]

Should we allow it to become privatised?

In the USA.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/health/policy/05cost.html?_r=1

...MANCHESTER, N.H. — Workers at a circuit-board factory here just saw their health insurance premiums rise 20 percent. At Buddy Zaremba’s print shop nearby, the increase was 37 percent. And for engineers at the Woodland Design Group, they rose 43 percent...

What the readers thought.
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/health/policy/05cost.html

...A single payer system paid for by everyone who needs or will need health care is the only answer. And trust me, we will all need health care.
I can't get help for my son because he is 28, jobless, and living at home again. My pitiful insurance won't cover him and as far as the republican/conservative people he could die in the street and they won't even notice...

Do I detect more than a few suggesting a sort of National Health Scheme ?
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See where some of our money went... There is another £80m on the way.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/03/mps-fear-funding-policy-scandal

...Health Service Journal has examined trials of GP-led commissioning in the last two years. The magazine used a series of freedom of information requests to discover that, rather than using the funds to set up new services for patients, hundreds of practices used the cash to buy basic equipment for their surgeries, including stethoscopes, thermometers and weighing scales.
In other cases, the budget was used for refurbishments including waiting room chairs, new floors and paint.
As private businesses which are contracted to the NHS, GPs are expected to fund running expenses out of their practice income, amounting to £258,600 per medical partner in 2009. By spending the NHS commissioning budget on operating costs, GPs increased their practice profits and, potentially, boosted their income...

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[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If it was going to a vote
I would say no.
But the service and the way it's run is in desperate need of improvement.

 

[1john]

Where could be get a load of cash to inject into the NHS which would benefit everyone??

Perhaps anyone receiving benefits could have their TOTAL income slashed to that of someone working a 35 hour week at minimum wage.

I bet the savings could shave 30p of a litre of fuel too.