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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(16):1290-1291; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.16.1290
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 16, 1290-1291, August 16, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Britain Struggles to Correct Spending Imbalances

John Illman

Fifty years ago, Britain’s state-funded National Health Service was heralded as a triumph for the social ideal that people should be treated according to medical need rather than the ability to pay. Britons were brought up to believe the NHS was the envy of the world and that health care needs would fall as general health improved. No one anticipated the cruel paradox that every advance in health care generates another bill, and there have been more advances in the last 50 years than in the previous 2000.

This is why Britain, with one of the world’s largest economies, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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