£620m deficit predicted for NHS

[Marcellus]

Marcellus , would that be the £3 billion overspend on equipment that didn't even work or the good equipment that was turned into scrap during faulty maintainance?
Thats it !!!!! privatise the military , they will be far more efficient
Oh , but that was the privatised parts of the military that caused most of the overspend

It would indeed. £3 billion overspent largly on four projects (Astute class submarine, Eurofighter Typhoon, Nimrods and Brimstone anti tank missile http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3421309.stm ). All of them run at least in part by BAE systems. Thank God for the private sector making everything so efficient.

If we're willing to find £3 billion for weapons, then I'm sure we can mange £620 million for public health.

In the recent socialized health care thread, wasn't it pointed out that the US government spends almost twice as much on health care as we do-not to mention the insurance paid by citizens themselves?

Though it should be remembered that they are spending it on a population five times as large as the UK's.