This is an ongoing series at Power Line that I really like. Not too long ago, they had a few posts on the topic. First, another reminder that the NHS has death panels (or at least financial mechanisms to ensure that they kill off the elderly). When the people receiving services are not the people paying for services, there are no financial incentives to get it right. The bureaucrats who run the programs see the bottom-line figures, realize that they can’t afford the explosion of services brought about by decoupling payer from recipient, and figure out ways to cut costs in a politically accessible manner. Note that this does apply to private insurance companies, at least to an extent. This is why the idea of fully-covered (with a minor copay) “health insurance” is a misnomer and why linking health insurance to an employer is a silly notion.
Also in England, don’t get sick on the weekends. Government bureaucrats don’t like to work weekends.
Finally, there is no cholera in a socialist paradise, so this has to be mistaken. It’s probably propaganda put in by running-dog imperialist lackies.
