The thing I didn’t understand is that the NHS is a gov institution, why are people donating any money to it at all? Do ppl volunteer money to Social Security? Or Medicare?
It's a bit complicated. People tend not to give money to "The NHS", but to their local hospitals. So his money hasn't gone to "The NHS", it went to the charitable funding posts of lots of these provider organisations.
If you're asking why those provider orgs don't have the money they need the answer is simple: we've had ten years of governments that thing the NHS should do more for less.
As British citizen this confuses me too. If the NHS needs more money, we all need to pay more taxes to pay for it. Donating money to a government department is just weird.
government institution/national treasure/religion/cult.
it's kinda like Americans donate money to schools, despite the fact that they are supposed to be properly funded by the government. The NHS is basically on the brink of collapse at the best of times both due to chronic underfunding and chronic inefficiency.
Also i realize it's not at all uncommon for Americans to donate to hospitals either.
