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Whistling in the dark?

“We need only look to Great Britain and elsewhere to see the effects of socialised healthcare on the broader economy. Once a large number of citizens get their heathcare from the State (it’s always with a capital ‘S’ among the Ryan crowd), it dramatically alters their attachment to government,” he wrote.

OK, we can follow that and agree with it – or not.

What we do know is that the UK still spends less than 10% of its GDP on healthcare, as do most advanced EU healthcare systems, more or less, while the US spends at least 15%, and probably nearer 17%, a US health executive (private sector) told me recently.

Which system is both fairer and more efficient in terms of health outcomes? We all know the answer. Despite the brilliance of its hi-tech medicine and its restless quest for innovation, it’s not the US.

- Paul Ryan: conservative saviour or Republican albatross? Guardian.co.uk, August 14, 2017.

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