Executive Resists Pressure for an End to Prescription Charges Health Committee Urges Payment System Reform
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MINISTERS are determined to resist free prescriptions for all in Scotland, claiming it would amount to a reversal of Robin Hood, taking from the poor to benefit the rich.
The Scottish Executive yesterday mounted a rearguard defence after the parliament's health committee gave qualified support to a bill from the Scottish Socialists abolishing prescription charges, as has already been done in Wales.See the full content of this document
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Executive Resists Pressure for an End to Prescription Charges Health Committee Urges Payment System Reform
While the committee gave a fairwind to the SSP's draft bill, moved by Colin Fox, there was a counterblast from ministers and executive spokesmen. "We have to be as...
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