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Other systems ARE far superior. The Commonwealth Fund you quoted is an annual study of 11 "high income nations'. The UK is pretty average even in those 11, and way down the rankings of wider surveys. I’m not even sure how much to trust those findings when they have Switzerland as 10th out of...

It’s a bit like those 'best cities to live in the world' surveys published by loads of different organisations and businesses. Depends entirely on the criteria. There’s no possibility on earth that the NHS could objectively be described as the best in the world unless you’re using very narrow or...

Not just the number of people in the system but the far greater range and complexity of health issues and treatment options than was the case 75 years ago.

I get really annoyed when people use the US as the alternative to the NHS. It must be the worst health service in the developed world. If you’ve lived in mainland Europe (and many other countries, I’m sure) you’ll know that a government-subsidised and regulated insurance model can offer a far...