Use private healthcare to reduce the NHS backlog
10 February 2022
SUGGESTED
In the Media
Annabel Denham writes for The Spectator
10 February 2022
Energy and Environment
Economic Theory
11 November 2024
Christopher Snowdon comments for The Telegraph
Christopher Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, has commented for The Telegraph on the NHS backlog, which could see as many as 14 million on waiting lists.
Christopher argued that:
“People who have private medical insurance effectively pay for the healthcare of themselves and for someone else. The more people can be encouraged to get private cover, the lower the burden on the NHS.”
“Using the tax system to incentivise greater uptake of private healthcare could easily reduce NHS costs and lower the overall tax burden.”
Read the full article here.
Christopher argued that:
“People who have private medical insurance effectively pay for the healthcare of themselves and for someone else. The more people can be encouraged to get private cover, the lower the burden on the NHS.”
“Using the tax system to incentivise greater uptake of private healthcare could easily reduce NHS costs and lower the overall tax burden.”
Read the full article here.
SHARE
