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根据以下材料，回答题TheBritishNationalHealthService(NHS)wassetupin1948andwasdesignedtoprovideequalbasichealthcare,freeofcharge,foreverybodyinthecountry.Beforethistimehealthcarehadtobe
paidforbyindividuals.
NowadayscentralgovernmentisdirectlyresponsiblefortheNHSalthoughitisadministeredbylocalhealthauthorities.About83percentofthecostofthehealthserviceispaidforbygeneraltaxa-tionandtherestismetfromtheNationalInsurancecontributionspaidbythoseinwork.Therearechargesforprescriptionanddentalcarebutmanypeople,suchaschildren,pregnantwomen,,pen-sioners,andthoseonIncomeSupport,areexemptfrompayment.
Mostpeopleareregisteredwithalocaldoctor(aGP,orGeneralPractitioner)whoisincreas-inglylikelytobepartofahealthcentrewhichservesthecommunity.
AsthepopulationofBritaingetsolder,thehospitalservicenowtreatsmorepatientsthanbe-fore,althoughpatientsspendlesstimeinhospital.NHShospitals--manyofwhichwerebuiltinthenineteenthcentury--providenearlyhalfamillionbedsandhaveover480,000medicalstaff.TheNHSisthebiggestemployerinEuropealthoughBritainactuallyspendslessperpersononhealthcarethanmostofher
Europeanneighbours.
Duringthe1980stherewasconsiderablerestructuringoftheHealthServicewithanincreasedemphasisonmanagerialefficiencyandtheprivatizationofsomeservices(forexample,cleaning).Atthe
endofthe1980sthegovernmentintroducedproposalsforfurtherreformoftheNHS,includingallowingsomehospitalstobeself-governing,andencouragingGPstocompeteforpatients.PatientswouldbeabletochooseandchangetheirfamilydoctormoreeasilyandGPswouldhavemorefinan-cialresponsibility.ThepoliticalquestionscontinueofhowmuchmoneyshouldbeprovidedtosupporttheNHSandwhereitshouldcomefrom.
Wecanknowfromthefirstparagraphthat__________. A．theoriginalaimoftheNHSwastoprovideequalbasichealthcareforeverybody
B．peopledidn'thavetopayforhealthcaresincetheNHSwassetup
C．patientswerechargedforreceivinghealthcarebefore1948
D．theNHSwasanorganizationwhichgavefreeadvicetovillagers
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