National Health Service 1948

Clipped from a short 1948 film by the British government introducing the original aims of the British National Health Service (NHS), their publicly funded health care system. The NHS began in 1948. For details on the creation and history of the NHS, linked to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service_(England) .

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[saxladysf]

It's simple, really! Public health services organized on a national scale as a public responsibility. What don't you understand about it?

[krazykeys88]

actually our socialised doctors earn 20% more than US doctors.

[RickyHolcroft]

@Nintendomanwill That's not a fact lol it's your own opinion and really ignorant. If you want to start slating the NHS can you at least think of why they brought the NHS in, why 90% of people in the UK are satisfied with it and why these systems score the top marks in the world. If you want facts, 50.7 million people in America couldn't get health insurance in 2010 because they couldn't afford it (baring in mind a lot of people these days inherit their wealth, that could have been you).

[RickyHolcroft]

So glad we have the NHS- I couldn't imagine ever being in the position where my life can't be saved because "I don't have enough money"!

[Insaneronald]

@krazykeys88

Being a doctor isn't about earning thousands of £ And don't try to pretend they're poor...

[TsoLan1]

LOL at that man on the bike!

P.S: My grandad is only alive today coz of the NHS giving him a transplant. I dont think he would have been able to afford it if he had had to pay. So basically, countries without an NHS can get stuffed.

[shmuli9]

@Nintendomanwill That's not how it would work, or works in England at ALL. "Health care reform" won't put insurance companies or HMOs out of business; it will ensure a BASIC level of heath care for everyone (right now many people in the US aren't poor enough to have Medicare or well-off enough to have private insurance), and companies can offer, as perks, MORE frills (like private rooms in hospitals and the like).

[shmuli9]

@wissenshungrig You're right, Wissen... While in the US, incomes levels vary greatly from poor to rich, Western Europeans tend to be mostly lower-middle class ("maybe in 15 years we can afford a clothes dryer"), with a few REALLY rich people.

[shmuli9]

@BOLSHEVIXTREME That's because, like a child (with severe sociopathic tendecies) who pulls the legs off bugs, many "Amurrikens" "lahk to kill things" far more than they'd prefer to preserve life...

[shmuli9]

@krazykeys88 Indeed they do! And do you know how? The US, in particular is a very litigious ("prone to sue") society, and a good deal of what would be prfits are eaten up by EXTREMELY high "malpractice" insurance. Why some "Amurrikens" are "aginst" national health care is beyond me.

[Marnerbanana]

@Nintendomanwill

"the NHS allows no competition and bad care. Fact."

higher rated care and lower cost on a national scale, the NHS allows very little (frankly no would be fine too but there are some companies involved) and very GOOD care.