Quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In discussion with a Charity Commissioner recently (who used to deal with > NHS trusts), I showed him one of Platts isnt private healthcare great if > youre rich and not seriously ill posts and he pointed out that a huge > expense for the NHS is caused by the relatively expensive medical equipment > and drugs provided by _private_ companies. The Commissioner thought that > the UK government should set-up publicly owned divisions within the NHS to > make equipment and drugs itself. The quality of healthcare could therefore > be gradually improved in the UK by transferring funds away from > shareholders' profits and into more worthwhile expenditure such as intensive > care units and operating theatres. Hi Anthony, Does "transferring funds away from shareholders' profits into more worthwhile expenditures" mean "increase taxes on profits?" It would seem that's what it means in practice. Thanks. Best regards, Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
