The Wonderful Cuban Healthcare System

December 18, 2010 at 5:55 pm

In 2007 director Michael Moore released Sicko, a film that claimed to compare the free market health care system of the United States with the “universal” approaches in countries such Cuba and the UK. His rather transparent agenda was to show that Cuba, and the NHS, were vastly superior to […]

Ideas For A Better NHS

March 14, 2010 at 10:30 am

Well to start with, we can reject the depressingly unhelpful and unconstructive attitude on display from this Dutch Nurses’ Union: AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard […]

NICE Kills Cancer Drug

September 10, 2009 at 6:22 pm

It seems as though Sarah Palin’s fight against Obamacare’s death panels was only just in time for the Yanks (her response to Obama’s healthcare lecture to Congress here). It saved them from even more extreme bureaucrat-driven socialized medicine than they may soon be inflicted with. Today’s tale of terror from […]

Reagan On Socialised Healthcare

August 16, 2009 at 1:45 am

Without doubt, the Gipper was a brilliant man. He had an understanding of American values, the US Constitution, and a common sense approach very few if any of today’s politicians and elected or appointed public servants on either side of the Congressional aisle possess. Take this excerpt from an LP […]

America’s Club For Growth Says “No NHS Here Please”

August 13, 2009 at 7:40 pm

For those of us following the push for socialism in the U.S. and the botched job that is Obamacare, it has been quite entertaining to see their argument spill over into U.K. politics. The underrated and interesting Dan Hannan MEP (one to watch for the future) has attacked the inefficiency […]

TIME TO AXE THE NHS?

July 14, 2009 at 4:20 pm

Wonder what you make of the news that people in England may be forced to pay as much as £20,000 on retirement to help fund the social care system under plans being put forward by ministers? It is one of three options being proposed by the government alongsidetop-ups and insurance. […]