Saturday, August 15, 2009

Brits Defend Their System

U.K. Health System, Maligned in U.S., Draws Praise at Home - WSJ.com: "...Mr. Brown joined a wave of Britons who rallied to defend the 61-year-old institution on the 'welovetheNHS' stream on Twitter. 'The NHS often makes the difference between pain and comfort, despair and hope, life and death,' wrote Mr. Brown on Thursday.

'It's not just a health-care system; it's part of our social fabric,' said Lord Ara Darzi, a surgeon and former minister in Britain's Department of Health. He defended the U.K. system as effective and comprehensive. 'I don't come to work in the morning thinking if the patients are going to be able to afford the treatment I'm about to give them,' Lord Darzi added..."

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