The argument that if we were to have a universal system, then everybody would be going to the doctor for every little ailment.
Ask the British: Health Care Rationing “British doctors will take the historic step of admitting for the first time that many health treatments will be rationed in the future because the NHS cannot cope with spiralling demand from patients.”
Of course, they’ve made great improvements since the late 90s, when in 1998, there literally wasn’t an intensive care bed available in a hospital anywhere in the country. Or surgery waits were at 2 years. Remarkable Recovery Now they’re down to 2 weeks.
But in a parting shot from the NHS leader published today, maybe the doctors there aren’t as dedicated to the patient as we think. Hewitt cautions Brown against NHS policy change “Leaked correspondence revealed yesterday that she said the NHS remained a “paternalistic” service which too often served the “tribal” interests of doctors and managers instead of patients’ needs.”
