Healthcare

As an industry, healthcare has expanded at an incredible rate in the past hundred years, though many people argue that in England healthcare reached a turning point at the invention and application of the National Health Service, or NHS. The NHS seeks to provide free healthcare for all the citizens of England, and is partly tax funded and partly government funded. As such, governments can decide to change the NHS at any time, as well as the level of healthcare that patients might receive.

Healthcare does not have to be a free institution, but this is generally the preferred method, as it stops private companies from charging what they like for treatments. It also means that you can try to standardise the healthcare that is being given, which is a positive idea, as then you can have an idea of the kind and level of treatment you will get.

Problems have arisen in the past regarding the privatisation of healthcare, and are still here to this day. In a lot of countries, people have to pay for their own healthcare, and people make sure they have healthcare savings stashed away, just in case, rather similar to making financial preparations for your son to go to university, or when you are saving up for a car. Some people say that healthcare should not be dependent on how much money you have, as often the people that need treatment most would never be able to afford it.