The problem with socialist ideas like the NHS is that as soon as you start giving everyone something for free (or what they perceive to be free, it's not really free as taxpayers pay for it) they start taking it for granted. When they start taking it for granted they start expecting it more and more. So the NHS budget requirement gets bigger year after year. Is the population getting sicker? Probably not but people expect the NHS to be able to fix every little ailment they have in lieu of looking after themselves properly.
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