nun
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In 1948 the UK went through it's own version of the Obamacare debate. The reform was far more radical in that it made doctors government contractors and paid for health care through taxation so that it was free at the point of service. For once describing it as "socialist" is actually accurate.
Today it remains the most cherished of UK institutions because it removes the major worries about access to care and having to deal with paperwork or come up with any money. The UK Government managed to boil it all down to a short information leaflet that makes interesting reading.
http://www.colchesterhospital.nhs.uk/NHS-leaflet-1948.pdf
Today it remains the most cherished of UK institutions because it removes the major worries about access to care and having to deal with paperwork or come up with any money. The UK Government managed to boil it all down to a short information leaflet that makes interesting reading.
http://www.colchesterhospital.nhs.uk/NHS-leaflet-1948.pdf