Here’s what Americans need to know about the UK’s health system | James Ball

Donald Trump’s criticisms of the NHS suggest he doesn’t know much about our system – or the one he presides over

Once again, the president of the United States has elevated a segment on an early morning cable news show into an international diplomatic incident.

This time, the subject of the row is the state of the UK’s health service, which a Fox & Friends segment – with everyone’s favourite seven-time failed parliamentary candidate, Nigel Farage, as its guest – suggesting the system was on the brink of collapse. Farage said that immigration is the cause.

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