> UK system is collapsing under underfunding and misallocation
Fifteen years with the "let's privatize everything!" party will do that, yes.
Fifteen years with the "let's privatize everything!" party will do that, yes.
- the cost of top healthcare will keep going up as new technology is invented
- the amount of care you need keeps going up as the population ages
- GDP can't grow because of various political constraints (Brexit, planning permission, Green Belt, environmental rules, etc)
- Tax revenue can't rise much because it's already ~40% of GDP
- NHS can't grow as a percentage of the budget because of competing commitments (pension triple lock must, in the long run, grow as a percentage of GDP)
I'm sure Labour and Starmer want to fix the NHS, but it's like trying to play chess when you're already mated.
> I suspect because nobody can agree on what the new replacement system should look like.