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Re:UK Rail services to come under unified state control by mytailorisrich on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:28AM (#27218391)
Private hospitals are usually nicer than public ones everywhere, but that's obviously to be expected.

However, that misses the point of state involvement in education and healthcare, which is universal access. Of course people with money will have access to (good) schools and (good) healthcare. The state is involved so that everyone has access to those services.

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Re:UK Rail services to come under unified state control by fnord123 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @04:27AM (#27218759)
Education and healthcare also have network effects. If people near you are ill then you're likely to also become ill. If people around you think taxation is theft and coercion then they can band together and elect people with similar brain worms into government.
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