One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK)

Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by ohgodplsno on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:20PM (#35994200)

So you have an employer paying tens of thousands a year to get you health insurance, leading to a situation where only the most well off can have access to healthcare. The NHS is struggling because there's a shit load of people to treat with very little means. The US healthcare system is doing well because it leeches money off of the most well off and lets the poorest die.

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by scott_w on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:10AM (#35998011)

The NHS is struggling because the Tory government is deliberately running it down. You didn’t see the many crises it faces under Labour.

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by ohgodplsno on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:35AM (#35998162)

Also yes, starving the beast is their favourite activity.

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by ztrww on Friday May 19, 2023 @03:49AM (#35998960)

I think

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...

combined with ever increasing inequality offers a much better explanation. Inequality is high in the US too but at least they have a lot of growth which means that the bottom 80% or so are at least not getting poorer.

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by scott_w on Friday May 19, 2023 @07:27AM (#36000376)

And who's been in power since 2010 in the UK, overseeing all of the growing issues?

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by ztrww on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:35AM (#36040681)

This has been the case throughout most Europe. UK seems to be below average though, then again nobody forced them to vote for Brexit…

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Re:One million cancel broadband as living costs rise (UK) by ztrww on Friday May 19, 2023 @03:47AM (#35998952)

> money off of the most well off and lets the poorest die.

A very significant proportion of US population is covered by Medicaid and if more if you add Medicare. In fact the US government spends almost 50% more on healthcare than Britain does (and that’s only public spending..). The problem is that the system is simply extremely inefficient.

Just look at Switzerland healthcare is privatized to a much higher degree than in the US yet still more accessible…

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