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Letters The NHS at 70

The Grand Social Experiment at 70: Who is really paying for your NHS?

BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2220 (Published 21 May 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k2220
  1. Shyan Goh, orthopaedic surgeon
  1. Sydney, Australia
  1. sgoh{at}hotmail.com

Whenever a reader points out that the UK (or Australia) spends less on healthcare as a percentage of gross domestic product than most countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),123 I simply ask: “Would you like to pay 60% more tax?”

Although many European OECD countries are spending 25% more than the UK or Australia, in gross domestic product, they also tax individual wages 40-60% more. …

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