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Thanks for your time with this.

I am rather confused. Gesetzlich doesn't mean public health, does it? It means lawful/statutory. I am sure that the German friends we had all said that it was compulsory to be insured -do they not have to pay into a Krankenkasse? Out of interest, what happens in Germany to people unable and...

Yes, I see what you are saying, but if they were looking after their OWN money, it might be different.

Yes, in theory you are quite right -if were all prepared to spend more then things may improve, but of course we in Britain are not, and so we get what we deserve. Yes, you do temper matters by saying that the NHS needs to exercise some control, as of course they should, but I have little faith...

Sadly, it is going to take more than a fiver each to really make a difference, and this must then be coupled with a genuine attempt to root out waste, but all the while people are spending other people's money, it is not going to happen.

Really? By whom? Not saying you are wrong, but a claim such as this would need far more back-up. The whole system? Parts of it? This whole seems so vague.

I am sure that you are right when you say that it is abused and ripped off, but the question is why is this happening. Might it just be that it is taxpayer's money and easy meat for private firms. If one party is thinking of their own money and the other is spending somebody else's cash, there...

Your political allegiance is known, but to be fair don't all parties make this boast when in power? The health system certainly needs more cash and folk might have to be prepared to pay a lot more; the issue is what future system would make best use of the resources.

Herr T and I rarely agree on anything, but in this regard we have one thing in common - we both have experience of the German system, and quite frankly it is far superior. If the politics were to be taken out of it, that would be a great help, and I am really trying not to be partisan here, but...