The
Guardian reports breathlessly that:
Elite NHS foundation trusts are gearing up to lure private patients from home and abroad as health budgets are squeezed - a decision made possible after health secretary Andrew Lansley said he would abolish the cap limiting the proportion of total income hospitals can earn from the paying sick.
This is, of course, a BAD THING, says Alan Maynard, professor of health economics at the University of York:
What's to stop US healthcare companies coming over here to poach patients. Or GPs sending patients to India for cheap operations? Or English hospitals raiding Scotland for sick people? It could be a real mess.
Umm - what is wrong with patients being free to seek better care at less cost than in NHS hospitals? As
ASI comments:
Professor Maynard dislikes the idea of supply attempting to meet demand - his comments display an alarming belief in health protectionism, favouring public health providers to the direct detriment of patients. Health economics? Please.
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