British Olympics Celebrates Socialized Medicine

British Olympics Celebrates Socialized Medicine

July 28, 2012

Learn from Britain’s Mistakes: Don’t Centralize Health Care in Washington
Kathryn Nix
heritage.org
To understand the dangers of a government takeover of health care, America should study Britain’s system, which exemplifies the shortcomings of heavily regulated, nationalized health care. A recent report by Robin Harris of the Heritage Foundation outlines the deterioration of Britain’s health care system due to years of liberal health policy marked by heavy concentration of power, higher taxes and the proliferation of rules and restrictions by the National Health Service (NHS).

The NHS is Britain’s government-run health care system. It acts as a single-payer system which originated with the nationalization of thousands of Britain’s hospitals.

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