We don't need the collapse of society for there to be a life and death problem for diabetics, just have a look at the siuation in the USA. Michael Moore's film Sicko is a real eye opener as to how the free market in healthcare insurance serves the population. There might be stuff wrong with the NHS but free provision at the point of need is the difference between civilisation and barbarism. We should defend our NHS from creeping privatisation, we don't want the American model here thank you very much.