[keithpeter]

Thanks for contributing, quote from OA

"Finally, it began to institute global budgets — caps on the total amount paid for all care — in the hope of squeezing providers into becoming more efficient."

OK, what happens when a part of the system hits the cap in a given year? Rising obesity -> cancer/blood pressure/type 2 diabetes in a decade or two based on UK experience. In UK we spend a large % of GDP on the NHS but that % can't keep rising forever, so I'm interested in alternatives.