Obamacare vs NHS – Which is Better for Patient Protection?

With the advent of Obamacare in the US, and what many are seeing as the privatisation by stealth of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), there is certainly no shortage of opinions about which system is better. While the overarching debate concerns the relative merits of private vs. social healthcare systems, for many people the key issue is how the NHS differs from the Affordable Care Act in regard to medical negligence and patient protection.

The Differences Between the ACA and the NHS

To understand the differences, let’s first take a look at the way Obamacare and Britain’s NHS work. Under Obamacare …read more