Showing posts with label Aneurin Bevan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aneurin Bevan. Show all posts

Monday, 9 November 2009

US Healthcare

Mark Mardell's post about the US healthcare reforms just go to show how much of a genius Bevan was for getting the doctors onside and proving that the scares surrounding healthcare are nowhere near as bad as the right claim.
Again, Bevan = class

Sunday, 8 November 2009

American healthcare

The Yanks have done something decent and voted for Obama's healthcare bill.
The arguements they are having sound exactly like the ones we had over here about the NHS in the 40s with Bevan. It's some honour to be compared to Bevan, and Obama's got a long way to go to justify that, but this is a start.
I just caught the end of a report on the news after MOTD and the stuff the opponents were coming up with is just stupid, but is the same as Bevan had to deal with.
So go on the Yanks, do something right and look after your sick