US wants access to NHS in post-Brexit deal, says Trump ally

[suffragette]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/02/us-wants-access-to-nhs-in-post-brexit-deal-ambassador-to-uk-says

The US will want business access to the NHS in any post-Brexit trade deal, the US ambassador has said, prompting anger from politicians and campaigners before Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK this week.

Woody Johnson, who is a close friend of the US president, said every area of the UK economy would be up for discussion when the two sides brokered a trade deal.

Asked if the NHS was likely to form part of trade negotiations, Johnson told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “I think the entire economy, in a trade deal, all things that are traded would be on the table.” Asked if that specifically meant healthcare, he said: “I would think so.”

By “up for discussion” they clearly mean raided.

[monmouth4]

1. This trip should really be called off. Nothing to gain for either the UK or us..n/t

[CurtEastPoint]

2. I am just praying he or his spawn will do something grossly stupid or offensive and

get called out by the UK's politicos. Or the royals!

[Wounded Bear]

3. It should be the other way around...q

we should be buying into the NHS, or at least copying their system, instead of trying to commercialize their medical system

[malaise]

7. Why can't the US set up it's own NHS

Geez - I can't take much more of this

[lark]

4. oh, it's worse than that.

They don't care about "raiding" it, they want to totally destroy it so they get the serf/baron social model they are pursuing in the US and that's already in place in Russia.

[Vinca]

5. I hope the Brits are smart enough to send the Con packing on this one.

Destroying U.S. healthcare should be a big enough notch on his belt.