Comments | eldan: How the NHS really works

eldan

How the NHS really works

Aug 13, 2009 10:45

There's a lot of nonsense being spread about the NHS right now. Not simply misconceptions, but utter shameless lies. I had been meaning to write a post about how it really works, because it seems like the one useful thing I can do to keep the healthcare "debate" well-informed (since I really don't have the expertise to comment helpfully on what's ( Read more... )

lies damned lies and statistics, politics, braiiiiiiiiiins, health

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adularia August 13 2009, 21:35:10 UTC

By the way? Steeltoes to the crotch of the next person who so much as mutters anything about OH NOES SOCIALISM. The last vaguely appropriate time to bitch and moan about that was 1941.

Preaching to the choir, I know. GRARGH SMASH RAGE.

brewsternorth August 13 2009, 21:41:38 UTC

Yeah, I think somewhere in Wales Aneurin Bevan's turning in his grave: "Socialism? You ruddy Americans have no idea!"

eldan August 13 2009, 22:48:42 UTC

I'm not sure what you mean. I seem to recall Bevan having been very proudly a Socialist, and seeing the NHS as a great triumph of socialism over capitalism.

eldan August 13 2009, 22:38:19 UTC

Well, to be fair, the way Britain does healthcare is very socialist. More so than most other countries' systems, and it's not necessarily the right one to copy.

But yes, I am also tired of "socialism" being thrown around as the "polite" way to label someone a commie and dismiss what they have to say. It's infantile, it gets in the way of a real debate, and I wonder how much of the opposition to a proper healthcare system stems from this piece of kneejerk stupidity alone.

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