Morning everyone, woke somewhere in the 6s.
The main reason why the NHS will never be like healthcare in the US is because it is free at the point of use, and access is not insurance based, though a number of other countries do run their health services with insurance schemes, they are not nearly as bad as the US, and some of them are rather good, so even if we were to switch to such a method, which we are unlikely to do, it won't be as bad as the US system. However, as I said, this is unlikely to happen, as there is no political will to do this, they know the voters wouldn't like it. It's always good for politicians to remember that they are supposed to do what voters want, even when there's a referendum result we don't like. Most current privatisation was done by the Blair government, when he got a bit enthusiastic about that sort of thing, and there are plenty of EU regulations that have enabled this, so imagining that the EU is innocent is nonsense, or that it will automatically get worse when we leave is also nonsense.
I'm not a fan of privatisation of the NHS, however I am also not a big fan of politics that descends into fearmongering, and scaring people about things unnecessarily, the NHS is not going to turn into the US health system, which is like it is for historical reasons, and is probably too complicated to fix, because it's such a big country, and health is a federal government responsibility. No government would use it as a model to copy, now.
Anyway, blood sugar ok overnight, lots to do today, hope you all have a good day, and no catastrophising over the NHS and brexit, it's not good for anyone.