Kwarteng says people will need to pay private insurance to access future NHS services

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/09/02/nhs-private-insurance/

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Snowclone@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1h (2 replies)

As an American, if I was in the UK I'd he fighting private Healthcare like my life depended on it.

Denjin@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1h

like my life depended on it

Given the state of the UK economy, it does!

HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 41m

we are kinda the reason they have been under assault since it started. Their conservatives have a lot of support from conservatives around the world who did not like how good the system did and pushed the us trick of poisoning the well.

Zombie@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1h

Disgraced and irrelevant politician says controversial thing to get attention and attempt to gain relevance again

fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1h

Man whose name is now a verb to mean "to fuck something up completely and utterly" says some shit or other.

jobbies@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 50m

Oh of course, well if the economic genius Kwasi Kwarteng says so it must be a good idea.