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ONE of the problems governments face in attempting to reform health care is that the National Health Service (NHS) is a symbol as well as a service. Nigel Lawson, a former Conservative chancellor, observed that England only had one national religion: the NHS. The coalition agreement signed last May by the Tories and Liberal Democrats described the NHS as “an important expression of our national values”. Meddling with it can be dangerous—as the coalition is discovering.