The recent debate on health care in the USA has sparked a whole lot of 'nasty' and criticism of our NHS from misguided Americans and some Tory politicians. Let me say this, I, almost died at birth, suffered from childhood bronchitis, had two bacterial infections, two broken ribs, one bad back, one twisted knee, type 2 diabetes and leukaemia; still alive because of the NHS. I would be left to die in the USA, without medical insurance, without hope and without a future. I am proud to be British because of the NHS and I would fight with my last breath to save it.
Universal, free health care is a right not just for the rich but also for the poor. We must fight to protect it, or one day we may wake-up in a taxi, dressed in a hospital gown, being delivered to the pavement outside a charity because a person paid to maximise an insurer's profits has said NO to treatment.
No comments:
Post a Comment