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Bernie's Socialist Health Care Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Socialized medicine: The consequences

By Cal Thomas

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech in London, Thursday Sept. 12, 2024. (Isabel Infantes/Pool Photo via AP)

Britain’s state-funded health system must ‘reform or die,’ prime minister says

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Junior doctors on the picket line outside St. Thomas' Hospital, London, during their continuing dispute over pay, Thursday June 27, 2024. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

Thousands of doctors go on strike in England a week before the U.K. general election

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Infected blood victim Brendan West poses for a photograph at his home in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, Thursday March 28, 2024. Mr West lost his leg in 1979 and was given a blood transfusion while at a British Military Hospital in Germany. After trying to give blood three years ago he learned he has been infected with Hepatitis C for decades. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

What happened in the U.K.’s infected blood scandal? Inquiry report will be revealed on Monday

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers speech during a symposium of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China at the Diet Members Building Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

U.K. rejects puberty blockers for children over concerns about safety, benefits

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association (BMA) stand on the picket line outside University College London Hospital (UCLH) at the start a four-day strike amid the bitter dispute with the Government over pay, in London, Friday Aug. 11, 2023. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Doctors in England walk off job again as pay dispute with U.K. government shows no progress

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Members of the Unite union stand on the picket line outside Guys and St. Thomas' Hospital during a 24-hour strike in their continued dispute over pay, in London, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

Tens of thousands of doctors in England start ‘longest’ strike in health system’s history

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, flies over a building next to Nelson's Column monument, right, in Trafalgar Square, central London, Britain, Friday, March 28, 2014. England's publicly funded health service says will not routinely offer puberty-blocking drugs to children at gender identity clinics. It says more evidence is needed about their potential benefits and harms. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

England’s health service says it won’t give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Junior doctors hold placards on a picket line outside St Mary's Hospital in London, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. A four-day strike planned by tens of thousands of doctors in England next week could lead to the postponement of a quarter-million medical appointments, a National Health Service official said Saturday, April 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

English doctors’ strike could be catastrophic, official says

Associated Press

Illustration on Bernie Sanders' ‘Medicare for All’ by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Britain shows perils of Medicare for All

By Sally C. Pipes

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a Covid vaccination centre at the Rainbow Pharmacy in the Open University Campus, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Wednesday Dec. 29, 2021. (Geoff Pugh/pool photo via AP)

U.K. reports surge in COVID deaths, builds temporary wards

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

A view of the Order of Service for the funeral of Captain Tom Moore at Bedford Crematorium, in Bedford, England, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts died, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021. (Joe Giddens/Pool Photo via AP)

WWII plane fly-past honors Captain Tom Moore at funeral

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2020 file photo, Captain Sir Thomas Moore poses for the media after receiving his knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth, during a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has died, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Capt. Tom Moore, WWII vet whose walk cheered UK, dies at 100

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

UK to vaccinate out of pandemic by looking to local GPs

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

The London Eye on the bank of the River Thames is lit with blue lights to show support for the NHS in London, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Buildings across the country are being lit with blue lights to thank the work by NHS staff in caring for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

London’s field hospital to be used amid acute COVID pressure

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Signs for the COVID-19 Vaccination Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London, Monday Dec. 7, 2020, as preparations are made ahead of the coronavirus vaccination programme from Tuesday. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP)

UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Keira Bell speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Britain’s High Court has ruled that children under 16 years old who are considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to medical treatment involving drugs that delay puberty. The case was brought by two claimants against a National Health Service trust that runs the U.K.’s public gender identity development service for children. Bell, one of the claimants, who was prescribed hormone blockers at 16, argued that the clinic should have challenged her more over her decision to transition to a male. (Sam Tobin/PA via AP)

UK court rules against clinic in puberty blocking drugs case

Associated Press

In this undated file photo issued by the University of Oxford, a volunteer is administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously — and they stress cautiously — optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April. Even before regulators have approved a single vaccine, the U.K. and countries across Europe are moving quickly to organize the distribution and delivery systems needed to inoculate millions of citizens. (University of Oxford/John Cairns via AP, File)

With hope high for vaccine, Britain prepares to roll it out

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

People drink and dine out in Chinatown, London, Monday Sept. 14, 2020. New rules preventing gatherings of more than six people go into effect in England, Scotland and Wales on Monday, in an effort to simplify directives meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Shortage of virus tests in UK hurts effort to fight 2nd wave

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

UK report: Medical treatments caused many ‘avoidable harm’

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press