Reform supporters keep telling me I am lying when I repeat this. So let’s be clear. Here is the video of Nigel Farage himself saying the country will need to “have insurance based healthcare” - private healthcare. Those are his words. That is not a rumour and not spin.... An insurance-based system means you pay when you get sick. It means cancer treatment becomes a financial crisis as well as a medical one. It means missed payments risk your home. That is how private healthcare systems work. Can you afford that on top of rent food energy and council tax. Now imagine this after years of pressure on public services. Imagine what a Labour government might leave behind and then imagine Reform coming in on top of that with cuts. Because it does not stop at healthcare. Nigel Farage has also talked about cutting 68,000 public sector jobs. Those are British jobs. Processing benefits running borders staffing services keeping the country functioning. At the same time he has questioned minimum wage protections for young people. Lower pay fewer jobs higher bills. How exactly are people meant to cope. This is not about left or right. It is about consequences. Do not vote to make your own life harder. You have already had it hard enough.show more

@Philips25637063 Didn’t even think he was hiding this. If reform get in power, it is inconceivable they will not bring an end to the NHS. There is far too much profit to be had from our health needs. Healthcare will get much more expensive, and it will be the sick and injured who pay.

Have you not followed up what he said since? He said he liked the American style and the French style.

@daniellismore Claire - go and read Reforms policies. The voucher system for example is a means of privatisation. It’s clear from reforms policies that overtime it’ll get turned into a buyer of private services. There are many downsides to this. Privatisation will be a steady slow burn

@daniellismore Hi Claire, the key difference as i see it is a) now the price is set centrally B) likely volume as reform policy expands usage (the money is NHS money being spent elsewhere) C) implied patient top ups as market sets the price

@claire_adams694 @daniellismore Just don't moan when it does finally become a policy or action. One wishes that there will be deeper reflections, rather than a foggy mindset, on the part of those hasty to Reform

@penheiro53

@Ceejay62Cj Important to reflect that there is no political subject about which Farage knows anything. His whole posture is about soundbites not proper policies.

Insurance hardly works for anyone. It's a living Hell especially for those on low incomes. And the insurer cares only about avoiding cost, picking cheapest practitioner and raising premiums.....And never, really, cares for the patient. The NHS DOES! #nhs

@crippo Hate to say this but he is right. At some point we need to face up to the abject disaster of "Our NHS".

Again, you are correct in your observations. People have attached themselves to Fagage and it is now very difficult to remove that attachment. It is a cult.

Insurance doesn’t mean you pay when you get sick. Do you really not know what insurance means?

For foreigners….

That’s not what he said !

It was UKIP in 2014, discussing health tourists. Hope this helps

Lol he only gave permission for those posters to be released recently to try and divert attention to the fact he said loudly and clearly that he wants to change the #NHS to an insurance based scheme. This means privatisation and although he gave permission for @TiceRichard to release those retractions, to this day #Farage is insistent he wants to change the NHS! The fact is he is a liar, and his plans include ditching the NHS and he will do it as soon as he can - don’t say you were not forewarned!

@daniellismore @TiceRichard

@daniellismore @TiceRichard Have you plans to raise council tax in your ward?

My plans are to stop the rot in County Durham. To rebuild the council. Residents have already HAD back to back full council tax increases in 2024 & 2025. From work done in our FIRST YEAR you will see a huge improvement in 2026. That shows what we are doing is working. You are welcome

@nulasuchet Never underestimate the stupidity of his cult - they will literally blame everyone else when they’re bankrupt due to medical bills

Anyone who suggests dismantling the NHS and moving to an insurance based model does NOT have our best interests at heart. You only have to look at the US to know that. This grifting piece of shit should NEVER be allowed to get his grubby, venal hands on our NHS.

You mean he advocates the same system almost all of Europe successfully operates & which has none of the problems the NHS has?

How long ago was that video? His views have changed. Is Starmer still a communist?

He's right but having a model like Australia or Netherlands is a good compromise. If you want your car insured would you rather pay into your own policy and hold the insurer responsible to take action or would you prefer to pay into a Government pot and hope they fix your car should you need it?

Good. The NHS is a monstrous black hole of waste and inefficiency.

@AjEusuf and the hard of thinking who support Putinist faux patriot Farage to become PM, they better start saving for their ops when they get older. For example, hip replacement for one hip £16k (fact) whilst Farage gets richer.

Nigel Farage later clarified (in 2014 and beyond) that he was referring to European models like those in France or the Netherlands, not a purely “American-style” system, and he denied ever advocating the US model specifically. The idea was rejected within UKIP, and party policy at the time committed to keeping the NHS free at the point of delivery. Reform UK’s policy is clear: we will keep the NHS free at the point of delivery. You do understand that ALL parties have to update their policies in response to changes in the country, right? Just look at the Conservatives – that’s exactly why we’re in this mess now. Labour are simply steamrolling their agenda through, regardless. I won’t even bother with the other parties. They’re completely deluded and living on another planet.

Nigel Farage wants 2 become a billionaire at the expense of UK ppl by privatising the NHS. Same ppl on the streets protesting against asylum seekers would be those that would be most affected by Farage’s Health Plan. He’s again persuading Brits 2 vote against their own interests.

Which explains why the iliterate non educated thick Deform idiots vote for their own destruction

they already voted for brexit

@BuckBuckhome Reform supporters hardly know their own names and if they do have trouble spelling them so expecting them to know what the grifter they want as a wank poster is a tad optimistic

It’s a clipped video you gaslighter. Post the full video so that his words aren’t taken out of context and twisted to fit your narrative 🤦‍♂️

“Make money through the marketplace”…. Which means…. He wants to earn money from people getting sick.

You are trying to besmirch Farage and Reform with an incomplete clip from about 15yrs ago. This is not Reform's NHS policy this 👇is

And what happens if you are UNINSURABLE??? It's a DEATH SENTENCE FOR US!!!! I can't sleep at night!!! #PrivateIsNotHealthcare #ScrapHeapPatient #uninsurable #PutPatientsFirst #RejectReform

His tactic would be to starve the NHS of funds, blame doctors, nurses, and bureaucrats for the mess and encourage people to go private.

That was 13 years ago, in a different party. And since then: 1. There’s been 4 General Elections 2, European Elections 3. There’s been 5 other prime ministers 4. Brexit referendum 5. He’s become an MP 6. It wasn’t in any of his manifestos 7. A pandemic 8. A new party

#ReformUk supporters dont care about the #NHS as it employs these 'immigrants' they hate. They would rather they and their children suffer for their hate.

Most of the best health services have a mixture of public and private ,👌

It’s already happening buddy ! The private hospitals are full of people raiding their savings so as not to die on NHS lists

But surely the UK has a system called “national insurance” that was established to “insure” the population for health, welfare and aged pensions. Hence it already has “insurance based healthcare” even if it is teetering on its base…

Dude, this was 15 years ago when Reform didn’t exist and as has been clarified a thousand times since. REFORM WILL NOT CHARGE YOU TO USE THE NHS, IT WILL ALWAYS REMAIN FREE !