Is This How the Liberals in This Country Want to Address the Healthcare Issue?

Posted on January 8, 2008
Filed Under Healthcare, Politics |

The London Telegraph reported Tuesday that the British government has a “plan to save billions of pounds from the NHS budget.” But it won’t come without enormous pain.

“Instead of going to a hospital or consulting a doctor, patients will be encouraged to carry out ’self-care’ as the Department of Health tries to meet Treasury targets to curb spending,” the Telegraph explained.

So when is a universal health care system not actually universal? When Britain’s 60-year-old National Health Service can no longer support the weight of its clamoring clientèle.

In Socialized Medicine, Everyone Is A Doctor

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