Originally Posted by
Mike T
Aren't options B and C just two different levels of private insurance? No UK electorate will vote for tax increases like these, so the NHS, for the foreseeable future, will continue to be deliberately underfunded and run down.
As to prevention, it is mainly delay rather than prevention, and is only really helpful if all common illnesses can be delayed - particularly cancer and vascular disease. The best bangs for your bucks are of course diet, exercise, stop smoking, and minimise alcohol. But the public know this, and find it too hard to comply: one third of children are overweight or obese when they leave primary school, and two thirds of adults are in the same category. Two thirds! But of course they do not have to pay directly for the extra care they will need. Huge can of worms here!