Marathon Pundit: UK looking at more private sector involvement in health care

Could Great Britain, which has socialized medicine, be heading toward more private sector involvement in health care? If this Sunday Express report is true, it will be quite ironic, since ObamaCare will put the United States on the path of a health care government monopoly.

Ministers have drawn up secret plans to "maximise" the use of the private sector in the NHS (National Health Service) in a bid to slash billions off the health budget, writes Jason Groves.

The plans, contained in an internal document called Necessity, Not Nicety, will establish a £20million network of "commercial managers" within the NHS.

Their job will be to attract private-sector competition in more areas of the health service. The document is billed as a response to the recession, which is expected to lead to tight funding settlements for all public services. It states: "We wish to maximise the contribution of third and private sector organisations.

"The economic climate in which public services operate will require unprecedented levels of innovation, service responsiveness and efficiency in the future."