Are we moving to a US healthcare model?

Despite the government recently hitting the pause button on their healthcare reforms, there appears to be little doubt that the status quo is not an option for the NHS.  The UK, like most other developed countries, has seen a rapid and seemingly inexorable rise in the cost of delivering healthcare to its population over the past two decades. Healthcare spending has more than doubled in the past decade. However, gross domestic product over the same time period has increased only by 60%. Couple this with the sizeable budgetary deficit that the nation has – we’re having to borrow more an...