tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post7105404544095235204..comments2023-10-30T08:58:17.723+00:00Comments on Simplicity: 61 years later - Thank you Mr BevanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-56121329733633263592009-08-02T20:06:30.782+01:002009-08-02T20:06:30.782+01:00Hi Marilyn - thanks for your comments as always.
...Hi Marilyn - thanks for your comments as always. <br /><br />I realise of course that the US is starting at a different place than we in the UK on healthcare reform. I look forward to seeing how Mr Obama gets on with his radical plans to restructure healthcare – I wish him well. We have had 61 years of a universal, government funded, health care system and therefore the culture in the UK is well set. <br /><br />Regardless of political persuasion I think it is fair to say by far the majority of people in the UK admire and respect the NHS and recognise and value its uniqueness compared with most healthcare systems around the world. <br /><br />People like Mr Bevan inspire me – they don’t know the meaning of the word defeat and they will fight for their cause until their dying breath. Even more inspiring given his upbringing in the hard graft of a working class Welsh coal mining family.Trevor Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148705981847576706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-62706088417096213092009-08-02T14:35:04.180+01:002009-08-02T14:35:04.180+01:00Trevor,
You have reminded us that using fear as a...Trevor,<br /><br />You have reminded us that using fear as a way to keep our dysfunctional healthcare system in place doesn't work. Many countries have nationalized healthcare, and their outcomes and life expectancies are better than the USA.<br /><br />I can understand how much resistance Mr. Bevan must have faced. True visionaries always face such skepticism. Now it is magnified more by the organized, well funded efforts to keep our staus quo.<br /><br />Beautful tribute.Marilyn Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225892512813654noreply@blogger.com