It's not a complete exaggeration, I lived and breathed the system for six years.
The problem with it is is that its scope is forever increasing and the change in population (in terms of numbers and age) means there will never be enough money.
And if you did have enough money, you would reach a point whereby you don't have the staff and buildings.
I am broadly supportive of a smaller state. So much sense of family and community has been eroded in this country because the default solution to everything is that national or local government will sort it out.
Not to mention the complete lack of personal responsibility - almost gone.
I would much rather the state did less things well than try and be all things to all people badly.
As long as he can deliver what is promised without serious fiscal consequences. We are already running a deficit even with Tory spending, if Corbyn is going to borrow more, that is a concern.
If you are suggesting the need for a debate about what the NHS should do and what it's remit is rather than just pour money in without questioning it's value, then I completely agree. But I digress, what system of health care in the world provides a better service for less money?
Pointing out that some people abuse the system in your personal accountability argument is a classic argument used by the hard right to justify cracking nuts with sledgehammers in order to achieve their ideological goals.
As an excuse to cut benefits, we demonise the poor by pointing out the MINORITY of those that abuse the system. As an excuse to cut disabled benefit, we get all exited over pictures of the odd person who's slipped through the net claiming disability benefit whilst doing the gardening. Many point to India's space program as an excuse to cut the paultry foreign aid budget, ignoring the fact that most of the money does actually help the poorest in the world. They even stir up fear of Johny foreigner to divert attention away from the shady dealings of the rich and powerful, not paying their taxes and exploiting legal loopholes to get even richer.
The right wing propaganda machine feeds these fears, encouraging us to throw the baby out with the bath water. Many of the back bench tories, newspaper editors and alike that spout this nonsense don't want reform of these institutions, they want them wound down, shrunk, cut or even stopped altogether and use sensationalism as a smokescreen for their intentions.
Of course the left do this as well, the problem is authoritarianism (Corbyn would be a good left example of this, Thatcher would be a good right example).
In the case of the NHS, arguments of "it's broken" or "it's an endless money pot" or "the Sun said someone got a boob job on it once" are all diversions from.the shameful truth that we expect alot from the service yet no bugger wants to pay for it.
I'd rather be that than be one of them people but u crack on mate