You see, I'm quite happy to pay a little bit extra (and it really isn't a great deal, for what I get in return) out of my pay packet to ensure that a) I have access to healthcare whenever I need it or my family needs it and b) that anyone less fortunate than me can similarly access the care they need to not suffer, and that's where the inhumane bit comes in. Could you stand in front of someone in pain and suffering and effectively say, 'Well, it's all your own fault, you should have got a job.' I couldn't - I couldn't condemn anyone to that fate, hence I believe healthcare should be available to all.
Obviously you have a problem with paying a National Insurance type premium, and that's a matter of principle that I can't really address, but the reality of, certainly our NHS (and there much better health services in other European countries) is that the doctors and nurses going about their daily work are not politicians, they're just men and women getting on with the job they were trained to do, and the majority of them are brilliant.
As for socialist, perhaps. I don't care on this one point, I really don't. There are far more insidious aspects to a socialist system to worry about!
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Date: 2009-10-10 10:40 am (UTC)Obviously you have a problem with paying a National Insurance type premium, and that's a matter of principle that I can't really address, but the reality of, certainly our NHS (and there much better health services in other European countries) is that the doctors and nurses going about their daily work are not politicians, they're just men and women getting on with the job they were trained to do, and the majority of them are brilliant.
As for socialist, perhaps. I don't care on this one point, I really don't. There are far more insidious aspects to a socialist system to worry about!