You're using a definition of "run by the government" that is both bizarre but also does not fit the NHS. This belief that the NHS is not run by the government

You're using a definition of "run by the government" that is both bizarre but also does not fit the NHS. This belief that the NHS is not run by the government isn't a belief, it's fact, as you'd know if you'd read the legislation. Your comments about putting a trust into special measures - not allowing it to go bankrupt - has nothing to do with it being run by the government or not, it's about protecting patients. There are plenty of providers of NHS services that do go bankrupt. It's okay that you don't understand the NHS - it's a complex tangle of organisations. It's less okay that you insist that your poor understanding is The Truth. Genuinely weird that you accept that I know more about the NHS than you, but on this one point I must be wrong.