Wes Streeting has hit back at Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader suggested an insurance-based healthcare system. The Reform UK leader has suggested that some British families could be forced to pay health insurance to use the NHS if he was prime minister. Reacting to the comments, Mr Streeting said: "I think Nigel Farage and Reform are a real threat to our NHS. It might be alright for Mr Moneybags but that's not what most people in this country can afford." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I think Nigel Farage and reform were a real threat to our NHS actually, even today he's
00:04been out again talking about an insurance-based system in our country. Now it might be all right
00:09for Mr Moneybags, those sorts of insurance premiums and upfront costs, that's not what
00:14most people in this country can afford. Do you really want to pay 23 grand for a hip replacement
00:18or when you go to A&E be asked to get your credit card out so they can take a deposit against any
00:24cost you might incur? That's what they've got in America, I don't want that here, I don't think
00:28people across the country do. In contrast, Labour delivering the traditional NHS values in the 21st
00:34century, we're cutting waiting lists five months in a row. We've delivered our two million more
00:38appointments that we promised seven months early. Now I'm not pretending I've fixed everything the
00:43first nine months, there's so much more to do but I hope it gives people that reassurance
00:49that we are delivering what we said and that under Labour the NHS has turned a corner,
00:54is beginning to move in the right direction.