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DavidL

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12. Are you taking this in the proper context?

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 06:48 PM

Aug 2012

The objections mentioned in this article are about LIMITATIONS for diagnosis and treatment, and PRIVATIZATION of some services.

In other words, folks, the doctors are sticking up for patients' needs.

Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, said: "When the leading doctor in the land warns that the government has put the NHS on a fast track to privatisation then it is time for people to sit up, take notice and rally to its defence. The N in NHS is now under sustained attack."

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(UK) NHS rationing is putting health at risk, says doctors' leader [View all] alp227 Aug 2012 OP

Well, like the USA, if they squanderd less money on useless wars the people could have some care. xtraxritical Aug 2012 #1

FIrst of All oldsarge54 Aug 2012 #7

I disagree... SoapBox Aug 2012 #10

Sorry, lost my temper oldsarge54 Aug 2012 #22

Seriously? SkyDaddy7 Aug 2012 #24

Too bad defense contractors make shit we don't need or want when they could be making things valerief Aug 2012 #15

My son lives in UK riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #2

Fix this how? dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #5

really? CountAllVotes Aug 2012 #17

But when I was in the UK a few years ago, Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #19

This was in the north of Ireland CountAllVotes Aug 2012 #20

According to the article the problems are at least partly caused by privatization. drm604 Aug 2012 #3

That's excessive expenditure on PFI's dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #4

What are PFIs? drm604 Aug 2012 #16

They're doing that here already bucolic_frolic Aug 2012 #6

I agree about the dialogue TexasBushwhacker Aug 2012 #8

same thing happened to my father, in ICU at Johns Hopkins 7 wks, gave operations & he died wordpix Aug 2012 #13

Cue GOP cherry-picking in 3..2..1... nolabear Aug 2012 #9

...ditto. SoapBox Aug 2012 #11

Are you taking this in the proper context? DavidL Aug 2012 #12

And in the UK they're having a public discussion about the problem. cheapdate Aug 2012 #14

Dudes, this is happening in the US. They call it "Managed Care." McCamy Taylor Aug 2012 #18

The Conservative government government will privatize the NHS Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2012 #21

The conservative party here in South Korea was trying to do the same thing davidpdx Aug 2012 #23