kmexx comments on the necessity of the British National Health Service

"The NHS is something that must be cherished and fought for. My mother is very old now and remembers the days before it's inception and recalls how when it was introduced it took such a burden from the poorest.
I should remind any American sceptics that it was not introduced as a matter of government altruism, but rather as an economic necessity after the decimation of the second world war..."
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