The recent passage of the NHS Bill in the UK is setting the stage for a privatization of the long established and well run national healthcare system. In this case well run refers to the quality of care patients in need receive, regardless of their ability to pay. The move by the Conservatives to privatize the NHS, directly contradicting their 2010 campaign promises, comes in the face of huge public and medical profession opposition. The current government of the UK is changing a system that has better public health indicators (life expectancy, child mortality rates), universal access based on need of care instead of ability to pay, and about half the administrative costs as compared to US and moving it in the opposite direction; towards the US model!
Expect opposition to this to only grow among the people of the UK. The ruling elites are only adding fuel to the fire that is erupting the world over, the recent student and public worker protests in the UK a prime example.
Dr Éoin Clarke writes: [T]he map above shows the areas where patients have been affected by the NHS carve up since the passing of the NHS Bill. I have included the logo of the private company profiteering from the carcass feeding.
A map of England showing the areas affected so far by the NHS carve up.
The Other Americas 
NHS Bill and the destruction of UK healthcare
The recent passage of the NHS Bill in the UK is setting the stage for a privatization of the long established and well run national healthcare system. In this case well run refers to the quality of care patients in need receive, regardless of their ability to pay. The move by the Conservatives to privatize the NHS, directly contradicting their 2010 campaign promises, comes in the face of huge public and medical profession opposition. The current government of the UK is changing a system that has better public health indicators (life expectancy, child mortality rates), universal access based on need of care instead of ability to pay, and about half the administrative costs as compared to US and moving it in the opposite direction; towards the US model!
Expect opposition to this to only grow among the people of the UK. The ruling elites are only adding fuel to the fire that is erupting the world over, the recent student and public worker protests in the UK a prime example.
Dr Éoin Clarke writes: [T]he map above shows the areas where patients have been affected by the NHS carve up since the passing of the NHS Bill. I have included the logo of the private company profiteering from the carcass feeding.
A map of England showing the areas affected so far by the NHS carve up.
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