Summary
In The Herald Society of September 13, Susan Aitken, policy manager for the NHS Confederation, argued against my bill to abolish prescription charges, saying: "It's time to pay up for the NHS." Surely someone in Susan's position understands that we already do pay for the NHS - out of our taxes. The problem with prescription charges is that they require the ill to pay again and again.
I would remind Susan that the NHS was established on the simple, and dare I say "socialist", premise that if you were ill you got treatment - not if you were ill and could afford GBP6.50 for each medicine.See the full content of this document
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Health Service's Tax On the Ill Is Hard to Swallow
The Scottish Executive accepts the charging regime is indefensible.
That's why it has ordered a review.The Kings Fund goes further and claims that the charges are "both illogical and...See the full content of this document
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