NHS review

Start at 2:45, watch till 12;45 (THANKS pbs, APGOV.ORG)

Watch Sick Around the World on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

Some more information about NHS.
•Total annual cost = approximately £100b. Per resident - £2,000
•Used by 92% of residents (some people have private insurance and use private doctors)
•Healthcare is available to any resident of England (Scotland/Northern Ireland/Wales have their own version of the NHS)
•Most services are free (not even a “co-pay”). There are charges for eye tests, dental, prescriptions, and “personal care.” Each prescription costs £7 (children and 60+ exempt).
•General Practitioners are “gatekeepers.” If you want to see a cardiologist, you have to see your GP first and then she recommends one to you. If she doesn’t recommend you see one, you pay your own way or don’t go.
•Ever since 1948, MPs work to “modernize” and “streamline” the NHS

1. Which of the following is NOT true about the NHS
A. NHS is paid for by taxes.
B. Doctors are government employees.
C. Was established as part of the Collectivist Consensus by the Beveridge Report.
 E. NHS covers preventative, emergency, essential, and elective care.
F. Doctors are incentivized to promote healthy lifestyles.