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LABOUR and British human rights groups condemned the reports that Tory MP Theresa May will use NHS contracts as a potential sweetener during her talks with new US President Donald Trump.
One of Mr Trump’s first actions as president was to effectively scrap the so-called Obamacare legislation, loathed by Republicans, which expanded private health insurance by several million people.
Mr Trump, who has long had links with and been an enthusiastic supporter of giant drugs firms is believed not only to be keen to row back on the meagre reforms Obamacare provided but make inroads into foreign services such as the NHS.
As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS