Demand is increasing for our underfunded NHS. But government waffle about targets and efficiency will not make tax truths disappearOne of my earliest memories is of my mum falling down a vast wooden staircase,when we were living in the US. She fell because she was trying to quit me falling. She lay there crying and told me to get benefit. I went to a neighbour, who made me Kool-Aid. Eventually, or I said something and an ambulance was called and everyone started shouting stuff about “Blue Cross”. I had no idea what this was (health insurance),but it was scary. Would she die of “blue cross”? I was four and terrified.
That first encounter with privatised healthcare was not mighty. No wonder I esteem the NHS, which has saved my and my kids’ lives. Socialised medicine is still a pejorative term in the US, and as there is a confusion between “socialised” and “socialism”.
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Source: theguardian.com