It’s not underfunded. It’s inefficient and ineffective. I suggest looking at what the Netherlands did to reform and recreate their health system which is by every measure better, and cheaper than the NHS.
I just did.
The NHS certainly is inefficient, as most big systems are – but it’s not vastly more expensive as you suggest. The NHS gets 1.4% more money compared to the dutch system. Which btw, isn’t a ground braking revelation – it’s almost the same system germany uses since the 80s. And yes of course it’s underfunded, you can’t just 1-1 compare it to another healthcare system without taking the outside factors (healthier population, better/more modern infrastructure etc pp) into account. Of course a healthcare system runs cheaper and more efficient when you have half the amount of fat people (per 100) compared to another system. There’s much more load on the NHS than there is on the dutch variant.
Note, i’m not saying that the dutch system isn’t better – it is. But the comparison you draw, or rather, the conclusion based on omitting some very important factors is wrong.
That still doesn’t matter since it’s not answering the question in the first place. The question wasn’t whether the NHS should be reformed (which i’d agree to). It’s whether or not the crisis is deliberate or stupid.
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