Thread by @chrisjacobsHC

THREAD: A few charts from my @FDRLST piece about waiting times in @NHSuk.

Follow/RT if you want to see in simple graphics how #SinglePayer would let down American patients. 1/

@FDRLST @NHSuk First up: The percentage of @NHSuk patients waiting over four hours in emergency rooms has increased roughly fivefold over this decade... 2/

@FDRLST @NHSuk Second, once @NHSuk patients get seen in the ER, they face long waits if they need to get admitted as inpatients. The number of patients waiting on ER trolleys more than four hours AFTER their doctor ordered them admitted has also risen fivefold... 3/

@FDRLST @NHSuk Third, the overall @NHSuk waiting list for treatment keeps going up and up. It's now at 4.6 million, or just under 7% of the UK's population as a whole... 4/

@FDRLST @NHSuk Fourth, @NHSuk has a waiting list target of "only" 18 weeks (4 1/2 months) to wait for specialized treatments. But most NHS trusts are breaking that target... 5/

@FDRLST @NHSuk Another target not being met: @NHSuk says that urgent cancer patients should start treatment within 62 days (two months) of a referral. Over three-quarters of NHS trusts aren't meeting this target... 6/

@FDRLST @NHSuk The increase in waiting times comes even as @NHSuk has hired significantly more doctors, and slightly more nurses, over the past decade... 7/

@FDRLST @NHSuk All these figures come from @commonslibrary brief on @NHSuk, by the way... 8/ researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-…

@FDRLST @NHSuk @commonslibrary .@jeremycorbyn and even @Conservatives claim that more money for @NHSuk will solve the problem -- but it won't. Unlimited "free" health care increases demand, and generates shortages that must be "solved" through rationing... 9/

@FDRLST @NHSuk @commonslibrary @jeremycorbyn @Conservatives The @itvnews debate, in which @jeremycorbyn said one of his friends with breast cancer waited for EIGHT HOURS in an ER WITHOUT getting treatment, provides but a taste of what #SinglePayer would be like in the United States... 10/

@FDRLST @NHSuk @commonslibrary @jeremycorbyn @Conservatives @itvnews If you want more info, my @FDRLST article from this morning goes into greater detail: thefederalist.com/2019/11/22/u-k…

@FDRLST @NHSuk @commonslibrary @jeremycorbyn @Conservatives @itvnews Better yet, you can buy a copy of my book, and get the entire case against #SinglePayer. Makes a great holiday read, and/or a present to educate your liberal friends! 😉 amazon.com/gp/product/164…