Can the NHS Be Fixed?

"To put it another way, in a free system, the government determines supply, but consumers and doctors want to control their own demand. The right metaphor for Mr. Lansley's reforms, then, is neither deck-chairs nor Trojan horses, but the straitjacket. Trying to fix the NHS without addressing this basic issue is like trying squirm your way out of one. You can wriggle and contort all you want, but you can't escape the central fact that one person writes the checks while another demands the services." Read the complete article in The Wall Street Journal here.