I may live in New York, but I’d be lost without the NHS
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I never came off the roll, but think they cull every now and then.
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National Insurance predates the NHS and the two are completely unrelated in terms of access; payment or non-payment of NICs has no effect on someone’s ability to access NHS services but the NHS is funded from general taxation and NICs.
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A lot of Americans don't understand any of this either, and it's corrosive to the health care debate in the US.
For every right-winger who thinks NHS is a nation-busting money pit and a six-month spot on a wait list for a gunshot wound to the head, there is a left-wing Bernie Bro who thinks NHS is "free" health care for everyone and doesn't understand that it gets funded from somewhere and that there are restrictions on it. Or that wait lists for non-emergency treatment are in fact a real thing.
For every right-winger who thinks NHS is a nation-busting money pit and a six-month spot on a wait list for a gunshot wound to the head, there is a left-wing Bernie Bro who thinks NHS is "free" health care for everyone and doesn't understand that it gets funded from somewhere and that there are restrictions on it. Or that wait lists for non-emergency treatment are in fact a real thing.