New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a 'broken' social care system
- LONDON -- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Wednesday that he will succeed where decades of predecessors have failed and fix a “broken” social care system built on an overstretched public sector and profit-making private firms.
- Burnham, 56, said it was a “major dereliction of duty” that his generation of politicians had failed to provide decent care in a way that is affordable for both individuals and the state.
- “I think social care in England is as unfair as American healthcare,” Burnham said.
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- LONDON -- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Wednesday that he will succeed where decades of predecessors have failed and fix a “broken” social care system built on an overstretched public sector and profit-making private firms.
- Burnham, 56, said it was a “major dereliction of duty” that his generation of politicians had failed to provide decent care in a way that is affordable for both individuals and the state.
- “I think social care in England is as unfair as American healthcare,” Burnham said.
Sources: ABC News