NHS In The Corridor

[scheherazade_79]

One thing nobody's mentioned so far (at least I don't think so - apologies if they have) is that a good basic standard of national healthcare is something that benefits everyone.

Even if you're super-rich and can afford the best healthcare in the world, it's still in your interests that the poorer people in your area get good coverage, too.

Two reasons:

1. The economic boost - fewer sick days, greater productivity, increased government revenue, lower taxes for everyone.

2. Epidemic-control - think of all those nasty little conditions and diseases we associate with poverty. Drug-resistant TB, typhoid fever, scabies, measles... As Prince Albert found out, once they gain a foot hold in the community they put everyone at risk - not just the people who live in slums and can't afford good healthcare.

I'm no socialist, but I do believe that health isn't something that should be regulated by how much you or your mommy and daddy earn.

 

[oggbashan]

...Trot out your pedigree Oggbashan, with your 'Enry the 8th' paraphenalia, live long and prosper, all the while yearning for Royalty to be bestowed upon you.

Writing is such fun, ain't it?

Amicus

I have cut off all your bullshit, Amicus.

My posts in response to yours are correcting your history which continually consists of mis-statements about US and European history.

Your politics seem to be wholly based on inaccurate myths.

I have no wish to be Royal. 21st Century royalty is hard work with little impact on the real world. I would rather do what little I can to improve things (and challenge your history howlers) than stand around dressed up while local dignatories make fools of themselves.

Og