@GeofCox @ChrisMayLA6

The #nhs has been shown to be cost effective repeatedly - which was why it served as a model for #taly and #spain the later 1970s and why #margaretthatcher rejected the idea of replacing it with a form of #socialinsurance a few years later. Even if more use of the private sector added to capacity it would do so at exorbitant cost - as of twenty years ago it was as much as 60% to 70% higher than #nhs provision on a like for like basis - although the premium fell later .