Daniel Hannan MEP: The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government

European Parliament speech of 26/03/09.

Daniel Hannan is a Conservative MEP for the South East of England and author of The Plan: Twelve Months to Renew Britain.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plan-Twelve-Months-Renew-Britain/dp/0955979900/ref=sr...

See more at http://www.hannan.co.uk

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[isegadreamcasti]

Ron Paul for US President/ Daniel Hannan for UK Prime Minister 2012!!

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@epdavies100 UKIP should join a conservative party led by Dan Hannan. Dan Hannon should be the leader of the Conservatives.

[MrGilles1990]

@BasilFawlty4444 Thatcher actually increased the money spent on the NHS. 12 billion pounds wasted by bureaucracy and lack of efficiency is not a small issue, it's a huge scandal. If you want to have an efficient and cost affective healthcare system, steer away from nationalised healthcare. The NHS is a post war 20th century model not fit for this century. I have friends who work in the NHS and they tell me of how bureaucratic and chaotic it is. Give me the French model over the NHS any day.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@MrGilles1990 Yes, the media have a habit of latching on to single issues. Of course, this is unacceptable, but the last Labour government actually vastly improved the NHS under years of neglect by Thatcher. And it is cheaper than other systems.

The NHS is loved by most Britons. Don't confuse complaining about small issues with a desire to see the whole thing gone. Nobody would tolerate that.

Indeed, when it comes to efficiency in healthcare, steer clear of the private sector.

[MrGilles1990]

@BasilFawlty4444 I could not care less about the US. the NHS Is highly inefficient, take the computer system scandal.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@MrGilles1990 (...continued)

Even in partially socialised countries such as France, a trip to the doctor will cost about €22, which is small compared to the United States, and in fairness French GPs are very lax about payment. watch?v=uNR_6UuVl4s

But the fact remains that free or at least inexpensive Primary Care makes the general population healthier; Britain has a significantly higher life expectancy than the United States.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@MrGilles1990 You'll be surprised to hear then that the NHS is actually one of the most efficient systems in the world.

It typically costs between 8-10% of UK GDP, compared to 10% in Canada, over 10% the partially-socialsed German and French systems and over 16% in the non-universal US system.

NHS Primary Care is among, if not the best, in the world. Visiting the doctor for free is (unsurprisingly) a big advantage as people do it more, helping earlier diagnoses etc (continued...)

[BasilFawlty4444]

@Jcushing5 Which is why it is called "free at the point of use".

[MrGilles1990]

@BasilFawlty4444 It might be free at the point of use, but it's not cheap or free when you think about efficiency and how much it costs the government.

[Jcushing5]

Hi there. 'Free health' would be doctors, nurses etc working for free. Ie volunteering. If they, and anyone else in the health system is paid an income, then it is *not*' 'free healthcare'.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@MrGilles1990 It is free at the point of use.

And it is substantially cheaper than the charged systems in the US, France and Germany.

And yes, it is great.