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> let the service rot to the point anyone who can afford it will jump ship for the private sector I think that's pretty far-fetched and can't see a good reason
by rocgf 5y ago
> let the service rot to the point anyone who can afford it will jump ship for the private sector
I think that's pretty far-fetched and can't see a good reason for this purposefully being the case. It's just Hanlon's razor, really.
- BoxOfRain 5y agoThere's enough private healthcare interests with links to the Conservative Party to at least make it worth raising an eyebrow in my opinion. I'm not making any specific allegations but it wouldn't be the first time Conservative Party ministers got in bed with private interests, the PPE scandal of last year comes to mind for example. You're right of course though, passive incompetence is probably more likely than active malice.
- j_walter 5y ago> passive incompetence is probably more likely than active malice. Well this is pretty much the norm at most levels of government around the world. There are no real performance indicators being used to judge accomplishments or effectiveness for most government jobs.
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- tonyedgecombe 5y agoA former health secretary (Jeremy Hunt) co-authored a book that laid out this exact strategy.