Safe in whose hands?
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The UK's National Health Service is in severe financial trouble but it is not yet to the point of collapse. The aging population, expensive new treatments and increased public expectations are combining to raise health costs. Charges for special services and optional care could be one solution.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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Prognosis: poor: the National Health Service
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The National Health Service in the United Kingdom will continue to decline if the new Labor Government keeps its promise to limit health spending increases to only 0.06% in the next three years. Plans to attract private investment has been delayed by bureaucracy.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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How to pay for the NHS
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Britain's health care system could be strengthened by the imposition of a hypothecated tax and new fees for certain patient services. Such reforms would help balance the supply and demand of health care services within the NHS.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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