DN! British Politicians Defend UK Health System
British Politicians Defend UK Health System
The debate over healthcare in the United States is being closely watched around the world, especially in Britain, where the political and medical establishment have launched a spirited defense of the National Health Service in response to attacks on the system by conservative commentators in the United States. Britains Business Secretary Lord Mandelson described the US healthcare system as second-rate for patients who cant afford health insurance.
Lord Mandelson: In championing the American system, they are championing good, first-rate healthcare for those who can buy the insurance and a very poor and second-rate system for those who cant afford the insurance. We dont want that system in Britain.”
Many Britons were surprised to read a recent editorial in the American newspaper Investors Business Daily. The editorial stated, People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldnt have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless. Hawking was in fact born in the UK and has lived there his whole life. The paper was forced to run a correction. Hawking said, I wouldnt be here today if it were not for the NHS.
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You can find idiots …
You can find idiots believing in far-fetched theories in any country. That doesn’t mean they are all idiots. more than half of America doesn’t believe in evolution, I think that’s one step beyond the moon landing.
Still if you want to leave your life in the hands of some faceless corporation and their penny-pinching bureaucrats far be it from me to stop you 
dlwke2 your a …
dlwke2 your a ing idiot, 35 % do not believe the moon landing was fake but if you have proof then id like to see it
there is difference between socialism and socialist health care you ing moron
we have 19th best health care and you have 38th best helth care hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It is utterly …
It is utterly infantile how so many US citizens fail to grasp such a basic concept. Insurance companies are in the business of making money, not looking out for people’s well being. Their only genuine concern is making a profit, which is why over 50 million US citizens have no health cover whatsoever. That’s over five times the population of Sweden. Quite astonishing, especially for a country which insists it has ‘justice for all’ - evidently that’s a lie.
Opposed to the …
Opposed to the majority of half wits in america who believe the tales of Noahs ark, and the rest of the rubbish in the bible actually occurred.
Perhaps you should all just wait for jesus to come down and deal with your ailments, but until then you could fill time by watching pigs fly.
35% of the British …
35% of the British population believes the US moon landing was faked. Britain is letting their country be overtaken by fundamentalist Muslims. Britons are not the swiftest of people, and I want nothing like their socialist system here.
Hahaha just goes to …
Hahaha just goes to show the kind of people who try to fight the NHS, it truly is a fantastic system and a lot of people would’nt be here today if it wasnt for its being there!
That is awesome! As …
That is awesome! As an American who has seen how the NHS works first hand, I thank you. I just wish the ignorance and misinformation in my country weren’t so intractable.
Those right wing …
Those right wing idiots. Stephen Hawking… ha ha ha! What morons. We love our NHS. The states are welcome to keep their monstrously expensive and unfair system. We’ll keep ours. And, US, if you wanna debate with us, give us a call when your national levels of child mortality beats those of post- war Croatia.
Not only have the …
Not only have the British politicians of Britain defended the NHS, but also the people of our nation. We managed to crash Twitter when tens of thousands of British citizens joined the protest group against the American right’s defamation of the NHS.
theres americans …
theres americans who will risk their lives of EVERYONE in their country and then there are americans who will rather have a poor american die rather than get healthcare