” There is grave concern about our health service. The system is underfunded and two-tiered, with conflicts between private interests and patient care. Closure of public hospitals is matched by incentives for private for-profit operators. Most people are unhappy with this and think health should not be a commodity to be bought and sold: that everybody should have access to free healthcare when they need it.
But Europe’s elites think otherwise. Even trade unionists who support Lisbon acknowledge the neo-liberal turn in the EU’s approach to public services. “
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