Quoting Ant McWatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting Ant McWatt April 26th: > > "A huge expense for the NHS is caused by the relatively expensive medical > equipment and drugs provided by _private_ companies. [As such] 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." > > Platt then asked April 26th: > > 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. > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Platt, > > No, I think the idea is that if the British government are serious about > reducing the tax burden of the NHS on UK taxpayers, one of the better ways > for them to do this would be to set-up in-house divisions within the NHS to > provide drugs and medical equipment (and the research in these) rather than > relying on private companies to provide them. You can see such a policy as > largely cutting out the middle man i.e. the shareholders in these private > companies. I state "largely" as there probably would be _in practice_ > certain specialised drugs and equipment that only some private companies > could provide (either due to licensing, technical or economic reasons).
It would appear that such a change would virtually eliminate the free market as the provider of drugs and medical equipment, risking the loss of Dynamic Quality. Do you see this as a concern? 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/
