Friday, February 6, 2009

Socialised medicine - Betsy Kulman

An entry on the UK NHS socialised medicine so that Betsy can ask questions by way of comment.

Socialised medicine is something that we (or at least our government) have been very proud of.

The benefits are that we see our friends receiving modern medical treatment as needed, with almost no regard for cost. Two friends have recently had nerve grafts to recover from cancer and industrial accidents. This is high tech medicine. A german immigrant had his life saved by a UK liver transplant.

However if leads to great inefficiencies:


So I sometimes envy rich Greeks or Americans who have health insurance and choose the best hospital for each treatment as needed.