I saw a UK Parliamentary discussion online the other day which has been etched in my mind ever since. It was between the exceptional Dr Philippa Whitford MP who is also a breast cancer surgeon. She has been an SNP MP for a year now and has impressed me tremendously.
Dr Philippa asked the odious Jeremy Hunt, our very nasty Health Secretary, renowned for hiding especially behind trees, even before he hid from the doctors who wanted to talk about their contract.
She asked about what kind of healthcare provision he envisages for the future in the UK and he replied praising the American business Kaiser Permanente which first reared its ugly head in the time of Richard Nixon....a well-known President of dubious morals.....
This business provides care for people who have paid insurance premiums ....but only to them of course. Apparently all these insurers only give care at their private facilities to those who have paid up....and they refuse care to all the rest. Included in the video was a clip of a mother whose young child died because the ambulance took her to the 'wrong' hospital where she was refused treatment. By the time they got to the 'right' hospital it was too late.
This can be found on utube...for anyone interested.
Kaiser Permanente is what we have to look forward to if we allow our most precious NHS to be privatised. It would be a total disaster and this is what the wretched Tories want for us....well not FOR US but for them to sell off to their rich pals who will make huge profits from the taxes we pay to provide health and social care in Britain. Who votes for these greedy arrogant shallow people? Who in the UK actually wants our healthcare service to be diminished so much that privateers from America can take it over and businesses not medics decide who gets treatment and more importantly....who doesn't ... because they haven't paid the particular insurance premiums to 'allow' KP to care for them? Most UK adult citizens are educated enough surely to understand this....but who in heaven's name votes for them?....and why?
