As the government renewed its attempt to push forward the Health and Social Care Bill it has published a list of ten myths which it claims are being used to de-rail its progress.
Chief among concerns for the private medical insurance (PMI) sector is that the Department of Health (DoH) has pledged that private patients will not be able to queue jump NHS patients as part of its health reforms. However, the DoH appeared to acknowledge that one of the myths might be true by not explicitly denying it. With this in mind, how many do you believe? Private patients will take priority over other patients The NHS will always be available to all, free at the point of use and based on need and not the ability to pay. Nothing in our proposals will enable private patients ...
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