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The thing I didn’t understand is that the NHS is a gov institution, why are people donating any money to it at all? Do ppl volunteer money to Social Security? O
by vxNsr 5y ago
The thing I didn’t understand is that the NHS is a gov institution, why are people donating any money to it at all? Do ppl volunteer money to Social Security? Or Medicare?
- scarby2 5y agogovernment institution/national treasure/religion/cult. it's kinda like Americans donate money to schools, despite the fact that they are supposed to be properly funded by the government. The NHS is basically on the brink of collapse at the best of times both due to chronic underfunding and chronic inefficiency. Also i realize it's not at all uncommon for Americans to donate to hospitals either.
- vxNsr 5y agoPeople donate to their local schools, their local hospitals, but no one donates to the DoE or the CDC or the FDA.
- lupire 5y agoThe UK is smaller than some states.
- boeingUH60 5y agoTikTok donated $15 million to the CDC in 2020, when the pandemic was in full effect https://www.cdcfoundation.org/blog/public-health-week-tiktok-donates-15-million-support-frontline-public-health-workers-coronavirus https://www.cdcfoundation.org/blog/public-health-week-tiktok...
- vxNsr 5y agoThis was more about buying political favor than giving money to the CDC
- bennyelv 5y agoAs British citizen this confuses me too. If the NHS needs more money, we all need to pay more taxes to pay for it. Donating money to a government department is just weird.
- DanBC 5y agoIt's a bit complicated. People tend not to give money to "The NHS", but to their local hospitals. So his money hasn't gone to "The NHS", it went to the charitable funding posts of lots of these provider organisations. If you're asking why those provider orgs don't have the money they need the answer is simple: we've had ten years of governments that thing the NHS should do more for less.