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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
‘It’s true that thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend – on a march to try to protect an institution they care about a great deal.’ Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Images

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, with a Fox & Friends segment – featuring 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.

In a tweet which , Donald Trump wrote: “The Democrats are pushing for Universal Healthcare while thousands of people are

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