RE: Uni Health Care
July 21, 2009 at 9:09 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2009 at 9:24 pm by fr0d0.)
Rich people in the UK pay for private health care to get a better service. This way they still win.
1. What do you believe are the pros/cons?
Lots of people opt for a private alternative for better care.
It's taken for granted and there's the temptation to abuse it.
People feel aggrieved about perceived abuse.
Listening to some US people discuss it I found it amazing that they felt so strongly against providing health care to those in need and down on their luck, like these people were by default scroungers.
There are the disadvantages of any government run system.
In the UK the health service has been forced to go along the lines of a profit making company with all the assiciated evils of that.
2. If you could change something about it, what would it be?
It's a difficult balance between state run bloat and commercial uncaring. In the UK the balance is too commercial at the moment IMO.
1. What do you believe are the pros/cons?
Lots of people opt for a private alternative for better care.
It's taken for granted and there's the temptation to abuse it.
People feel aggrieved about perceived abuse.
Listening to some US people discuss it I found it amazing that they felt so strongly against providing health care to those in need and down on their luck, like these people were by default scroungers.
There are the disadvantages of any government run system.
In the UK the health service has been forced to go along the lines of a profit making company with all the assiciated evils of that.
2. If you could change something about it, what would it be?
It's a difficult balance between state run bloat and commercial uncaring. In the UK the balance is too commercial at the moment IMO.
