“Hunger, filth, fear and death”: remembering life before the NHS

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5. k&r; should be compulsory reading for Cameron, Hunt et al

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For anyone who can get hold of it, I also recommend Pam Schweitzer: Can We Afford the Doctor?; Age Exchange Theatre Trust, 1985. It's a collection of elderly people's reminiscences about health and illness in the early 20th century, when access to healthcare depended on whether one could afford it.

America never completely moved from that time; and Britain may go back to it if we don't get a new government pretty soon.