Former British Health Minister: U.K. System not 'Ideal' for U.S.
Remember when Michael Moore depicted the
That romanticizing on the silver screen might have seemed like a good idea for the American society
“Street Signs’ host Erin Burnett presented the hypothetical question to Darzi that if the
“These decisions made independent, is about new drugs and new technologies,” Darzi said. “Our payer is a single-payer system, which actually is divided to 150 different local payers – they decide with the local population, what the local population needs are.”
However, Darzi told Burnett that a single-payer system in the
“I’m in no way suggesting that our health care system, or a single-payer, is the ideal model for you,” Darzi continued. “You have an excellent health care system – units and providers. However, there are some certain challenges within the system itself.”
But Darzi did trot out the notion that as a global leader
“The issue that you’re raising is how do you provide a comprehensive cover to everyone
