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| Jeremy Hunt hits back at Donald Trump's claim that NHS is 'going broke and not working' | Jeremy Hunt hits back at Donald Trump's claim that NHS is 'going broke and not working' |
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| Jeremy Hunt has joined in an extraordinary war of words with Donald Trump over the NHS, with an outspoken attack on the US healthcare system. | |
| The Health Secretary hit back at the US President on Twitter, after he claimed the UK's heath service is “going broke and not working” – pointing to a demonstration in London on Saturday. | |
| Mr Hunt posted: “I may disagree with claims made on that march but not ONE of them wants to live in a system where 28m people have no cover. | Mr Hunt posted: “I may disagree with claims made on that march but not ONE of them wants to live in a system where 28m people have no cover. |
| “NHS may have challenges but I’m proud to be from the country that invented universal coverage - where all get care no matter the size of their bank balance.” | “NHS may have challenges but I’m proud to be from the country that invented universal coverage - where all get care no matter the size of their bank balance.” |
| The tweets came after Mr Trump criticised the NHS in comments attacking plans by the Democratic Party for universal healthcare, which could be modelled on it. | |
| The demonstration on Saturday, where thousands marched on Downing Street calling on the Government to give the NHS the funding it needs, was an argument against the US adopting a similar system, he argued. | |
| The President tweeted: “The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care. No thanks!” | |
| Jeremy Corbyn also responded to Mr Trump’s tweet, posting “Wrong. People were marching because we love our NHS and hate what the Tories are doing to it. Healthcare is a human right.” | |
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