neilg14:
If you’re rich in the USA,you probably do get the best healthcare in the world but apart from that, the NHS wins hands down.
The biggest problem wih the NHS is that it is run by the GOV.
GOV’s are no good at running any type of business efficiently.
The GOV should be funding it with a small mixed group of very experienced doctors/nurses/businessmen running it, being able to cut admin to the bone, upping the DR’s/nuses wages and putting the funding where it is needed most.
Then, also, anybody who cannot produce a Nat Ins number will not get treated free, if you go to the UK on holiday, a temporary work permit, etc. you must have holiday health ins cover.
No operations whatsoever for body changing should be funded by NHS.Here in Alberta, we get, free at the point of use, providing we show our Alberta health card, DR’s, Hospital treatment inc surgery and stays.
Anything else ie. Dentists, Chiro, Prescriptions, Eyecare etc. has to be paid for either by private health ins which I am lucky enough to have through work which covers 90% of the cost of this.
I have one prescription that I have to take for the rest of my life that costs $230/mth here which you would pay £8.80 for.
Are Governments really bad at running everything?
Is the UK energy market so much better now it’s been privatised?
Is water so much more efficient now?
Was British Rail so much worse than what we have now? Years of underfunding preceded it’s demise remember. And we all know “you only get what you pay for.” How can we currently subsidise rail travel with taxpayer’s money and allow dividends be paid to investors?
In any big organisation it’s easy to find instances of inefficiencies and highlight them. That doesn’t mean the whole system is bad.
Cutting out superfluous admin is clearly a good thing, but lack of supervision leads to waste of time and resources, so it’s a difficult balancing act. Cheaper in the short term isn’t always cheaper in the long term and managers are needed to see this.
Private management certainly doesn’t always equal efficiency or probity.
Politicians interfering in State run business for short term political aims, is a problem, but that doesn’t mean private is always better.
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