Health Care Reform in the UK

For John, BLUF:  Affordable health care is hard to find everywhere.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

Apparently we are not the only nation having problems with healthcare reform.  And, the infamous Speaker Nancy Pelosi line, "We have to pass it to know what is in it" may also apply to the United Kingdom.  From the blog Brighton Lite we have this report on the UK efforts to reform its 1948 National Health Service.  My recollection is that Minister for Health Aneurin Bevan's system was a single payer approach to health care.  The blog post is titled "What is the cost of the NHS reforms?".

The Government of Prime Minister David Cameron has produced a 400 page document.  You might say that 400 pages is nothing compared to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Obama Care), but remember, the United Kingdom has about 63 million people, about one-fifth that of the United States.

Regards  —  Cliff