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Great. Just posted this on the Guardian site. The retain good mental health over issues such as this celebration of the NHS, people in the UK -- especially conservatives -- should acquire the superior, three-part cerebral structure of Americans. Like modern computers, the American brain can countenance three mutually contradictory themes without the normal symptoms of cognitive dissonance. Thus, in Part 1 of the brain they harshly condemn "socialized medicine" for its many evils. In Part 2, they develop slavish praise for America's brave military, whom the nation owes so much. And in Part III they develop pride in reserving for the nation's military veterans the purest form of socialized medicine, the Veterans Administration's government-owned, government-financed and government-run health system. To do all this, all the while sipping Kentucky bourbon, takes a superior brain, such as ours, in America (of course). Uwe Reinhardt ________________________________ From: Anglo-American Health Policy Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Exworthy, M Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 5:25 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Olympics and the NHS Dear all, I would be interested to know what our US colleagues (and UK ones too) made of the Olympic opening ceremony's reference to the NHS. Would any other country refer to its health system in such a way? Is this a sign of UK self-confidence or a defence against reforms of an apparently much-loved social institution? Thanks to Roy Lilley (www.nhsmanagers.net<http://www.nhsmanagers.net/>), here are some links to comment on the NHS aspect of the ceremony: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/329524 http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/may/2012-07-29/showcasing-socialized-health-care-london-olympics and also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19029510 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/29/opening-cermony-trojan-horse-socialism http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180863/London-2012-Olympics-Labour-Party-delighted-Games-socialist-opening-ceremony.html Regards Mark Prof. Mark Exworthy Professor of Health Policy and Management School of Management, Royal Holloway-University of London [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.rhul.ac.uk/management<http://www.rhul.ac.uk/management>