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The British NHS is private at the primary care level. Every GP is a private business contracted by the government to provide local health services. It’s the el
by neilwilson 7y ago
The British NHS is private at the primary care level. Every GP is a private business contracted by the government to provide local health services.
It’s the elimination of the uninsured risk (aka will I get paid for treating this individual) that is the difference. Not whether the healthcare provider is employed directly by the state.
- Arnt 7y agoThere's more. I've lived in two different countries which have competently managed and effective health care systems. They're different from each other and it's noticeable, but so are various traits they share. They both try to learn from what other countries are doing better, they both keep costs down, they both are competently managed and essentially socialist (that is, they work for the entire population). Here's a trio of predictions: At least one of the competent European health systems will mishandle the Corona crisis and a lot more people will die than in the neighbouring countries. The American fanbois will use that as a solid proof that anything and everything that country's health system is wrong, including the things its neighbours also do. Noone in the American health system will try to learn from the more successful handling in some European countries, and definitely not from any country like South Korea or Taiwan, outside the Indoeuropean language zone.