London Medical Branch ASTMS in her personal capacity THE PROPOSAL by the government to charge overseas visitors for health care is anther attack - this time wrapped in a racist package -on the principle of a national health service that provides free health care for all those who need it.
Tory propaganda paints a lurid picture of roreigners descending Britain to abuse our health insinuating that oo vigg. wealthy oil snieks get treated on the NHS.
This is nonsensel In my ten years health way weathy shiek, or fer worker 1 have yet to that matter any weathy foreigner, being treated on the NHS. having treatment on the The proposals will victimise black people. How do you decide if OUTSI Or HouE resoie with black or brown faces CE HE OES Vda interrogated their CUENdiL and whose pasports will be demanded.
This will mean that until they can prove their natonality their treatment will be deterred, which could have serious or even fatal consequences.
This is anther step in the Jirection towards establisning the principie that health care is just a commodity HIKE anything else and should be paid for Bradford 12 national conference Thatcher has sent her advisors to the United States to cast their eyes their method of GVD health care. American capitalism has a simple way of dealing with running its medical system.
you are unlucky enough, O DUO CHOUCH not to have insurance, tough luck, you do not get any treatment, even if it might mean that you die!
Such a scheme must warm the hearts COT the Thatcher monetarists.
Ever since the Labour governa started cutting the health service, private insurance scnemes have been booming in Britain Now Tory government in office the DEVEIE SECTO is having a field day.
By the end of 1980, the number of private health insurance S HOSCHOLS totalled 1,647,000, which you include their dependents represents a privately insured population of around 3.5 million. This represents crease in one year of 29 per cent.
A delighted BUPA is predicting that by 1985 ten million people will be in private health schemes.
Private beds already account for seven per cent all available beds in