Why the NHS is still our religion?

Check out this report on the quality and cost effectiveness of health services. The UK NHS in 2010 comes 2nd overall to the Dutch model. The US model comes last and costs nearly 3 times as much. While our NHS is not always perfect it has been judged as providing amongst the best, safe, efficient and effective health care in the world (or did in 2010 - something happened that year?).

Nuff said?

UK to US: The Truth About the NHS!

The British health care system isn't perfect, but we would never trade it for the one in the US.

Yet conservative US politicians and greedy insurance companies are pushing lies about the NHS as a way to scare the American public off national health care - risking Obama's whole movement for change and threatening his majority in Congress.

Sign the petition below and tell friends - huge numbers of us will cause a stir in the US media and affect the debate, and Avaaz will deliver our message to wavering US Senators this month before they cast their vote in Congress.

To the US Congress and the people of America, We urge you to ignore the myths about health systems in our country and others that are being pushed by US healthcare companies. Our national system of public healthcare works very well and enjoys extremely high levels of public support. We wish you a healthy and honest debate about healthcare in the US.

This request to support this campaign and petition the US Congress was emailed me via the TUC so I assume it is legit. It certainly makes sense to me.