Drunks in the UK explain the problem with socialized medicine

Published December 29, 2017 9:15pm ET



British drunks have just given us another reason to oppose socialized medicine.

As the BBC reports, the head of England’s public health service, Simon Stevens, has announced that so-called “drunk tanks” might become permanent fixtures of British towns and cities. Drunk tanks are mobile medical facilities that provide for intoxicated morons who render themselves incapable on a night out.

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