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you better not tell him that if he was a marine, it was state run and state paid for.
so on one hand he is proud to be a marine (state run), but not wanting health care to be state run.
also best not to tell him that police, nasa and so on a not private run, but state run and paid for.
in fact, if he wants to pay for health care, he would do well in china. its not free.
the problem with state health care in the uk (NHS) is that its so badly run.
it was set up to look after the sick. this worked well as many poor (and when we talk about poor in the uk, only 60 years or so ago - it was poverty - as in slums). the nhs saved many lives. it also improved health. in many ways the nhs improved the conomy as people were healthy and worked.
today the nhs is just run badly.
many doctords are overpaid.
people only get operated on (unless emegancies) 4 days a week. this is becase doctors/sergions only work in hospital mon to friday, so friday is a meeting day. so for 3 days a week you do not have non emergancy sergery.
also they have let people claim more and more on the nhs. these days you can get test tube babies on the nhs. this is not what the nhs was set up for.
also people miss-use the nhs. on a friday night the emergancy room is full of drunk yobs who have been in fights.
the problem in the uk is politicaloly no one wants to change the nhs as its considered a vote looser.
and also many firms take the mick. drug firms overcharge the nhs for drugs, and bizarly its legal for the drug firms to give doctors free holidays and other stuff (backhanders) to use there drugs.
in truth the nhs is in a mess. not becawse it is the nhs, just becase its badly run.
i think the nhs in the uk is the largest employing sector.
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