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question about opposition to the founding of the NHS [View all]
Hello all,
I hope all you DU Brits are doing lovely. Question: when the NHS was founded, was there a lot of opposition from doctors ? Or was it that the devastation wrought upon the UK during WW2 was so profound that any public opposition by doctors was seen as "selfish" ? I'm not slighting doctors here whatsoever, but it does seem in the USA that some of the opposition to universal care comes from some doctors based upon financial reasons and not so much ideological reasons. Of course, there are some doctors and doctors' groups who recognize the ultimate value of universal care.
Just curious. Not trying to start problems, of course.
Steve, another DU Anglophile
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