Some British News the 527 Media Must Think We Can’t Use

The UK National Health Service is lurching towards crisis:

A rising number of protests against cuts in the NHS is threatening to rival the 1990s rebellion against the Tory’s poll tax, campaigners have said.

They claim action could increase as the impact of the overhaul in hospitals in England begins to hits home.

Rallies on Saturday in Huntingdon, Huddersfield and Southampton followed events in other areas in recent months.
….. “An extraordinary grass roots movement against government policy on hospital closures and privatisation is putting thousands of people on the streets every weekend in villages, town and cities the length and breadth of the country,” said Geoff Martin, head of campaigns at pressure group Health Emergency.

“There’s been nothing like this since the spontaneous rebellion against the poll tax in the early 90s.

(For those who don’t remember, the “poll tax” was a fixed tax imposed on each adult [with some exceptions for lower incomes] that the British government put into place in 1989 and 1990. It was so unpopular that it led to rioting in some cities, and it was a major factor, if not THE major factor, that led to the end of Margaret Thatcher’s term as Prime Minister.)

When healthcare becomes an entirely public good in a rapidly changing world, these kinds of conflicts are inevitable. Add this to the very long list of reasons for the US not to allow itself to get sucked into nationalized healthcare.