Margaret Thatcher is as divisive in death as she was in life. Even as many around the world mourn her loss this week, others celebrate it. London police are bracing for protests and .
Privatization is a major part of her legacy. Under her watch, the United Kingdom saw the privatization of British Airways, British Petroleum, British Aerospace, British Gas, British Steel, Rolls-Royce, and many more publicly owned resources.
鈥淪he came in to dismantle the public sector. She saw it as a bloated institution,鈥� said in an interview on The State of Things. 鈥淎nd she went about it in a very systematic way of breaking the power of unions."
Thatcher became a for conservatives worldwide. And now, Gov. Pat McCrory is speaking about privatizing Medicaid and the Commerce Department. McCrory鈥檚 proposal for Medicaid would select three or four companies through an open bidding process. The state would pay a set monthly amount for each patient enrolled, and the private companies would be responsible for any cost overruns.
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The McCrory administration hopes that the managed-care operators would employ a more holistic approach to patient health. However, it is uncertain how private companies would handle Medicaid patient care.
"These are for-profit companies," said Boniti. "Therefore, are they going to cut down on services? Are they going to not offer as much to patients? And that's the big question that a lot of people in medical field have."
In the news conference regarding Medicaid, as saying, "I do not want to continue to have to adjust our budget in the future because of the incredible increase in this, which then takes away money from our university system, or our K-through-12 or community college systems. That's what's basically happening in North Carolina government today."
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The Governor suggests that money North Carolina saves in Medicaid can be spent on other high-priority projects such as education.
