Farage says UK will have to consider NHS funded by private insurance

Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s comments to BBC reignite 2012 row caused by him saying healthcare should be market-funded

Britain’s political leaders will “have to return” to a debate about funding the NHS through an insurance-based system run by companies from the private sector, Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said.

In a BBC interview, Farage admits that he lost an internal Ukip debate “outright” after he was caught on camera suggesting in 2012 that he would have more confidence if the NHS was funded “through the marketplace of an insurance company”.

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