-)G(-Sawyer wrote:Our NHS is always abused by people who don't pay and that's a strain on it and all tax payers. But given the choice I would rather that continue and still be giving the help we can, and that's what I think is civilized.
As Sawyer has mentioned we come from a society that through our NHS provides health care to everyone, this is the civilised aspect in terms of being humane i.e. there is no discrimination to the disadvantaged members of our society as the recieve equal treatment. Whilst we in the UK might not have the best health care it's not the worst and it works.
The principles of the NHS are as follows:
•that it meet the needs of everyone
•that it be free at the point of delivery
•that it be based on clinical need, not ability to pay
The above is taken from this website and being around for 60 years it is now well established within the UK:
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/abo ... iples.aspx
So we have had 60 years to refine our Health care whereas Obamacare is the introduction of your form of heath care it into the US now. I am not sure if it will achieve what are NHS has provided to the UK. The USA have historically used the private sector, health insurance is via employers, people insuring themselves or not having an insurance. So we are historically quite different on our health care paths. If you look at the bloomberg list of most efficient health care systems you can see for yourself who ranks top and bottom:
http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/be ... -countries
Will Obamacare work, will it improve health care, who knows given its relative infancy. The size of the task ahead of you is large which makes it appear an impossible goal to achieve.
Making change is difficult as Charles Darwin once quoted:
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
...or to end on a lighter note, famous Yoda quotes
Kren
